Fighting the Man amidst the fog.

1941: Youths remove the German swastika flag from the pole of the German consulate in San Francisco.

Two U.S. Navy sailors were turned over to Navy officials in connection with the episode.

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1960: College students protesting the execution of Caryl Chessman pause on the San Francisco side of the Golden Gate Bridge during their protest march to San Quentin Prison.

Chessman was a convicted kidnapper and robber in Los Anegeles who was sentenced to the death penalty by the obscure application of a California law. He appealed his execution dozens of times, but was finally executed in 1960 after 11 years on death row. His trial and sentence ignited a national conversation about the legality and morality of the death penalty.

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1963: An effort by San Francisco Women for Peace to call attention to their aims resulted in the releasing of large quantities of balloons in the Haight Street District with the slogan "Test Ban Now"€ on each one.

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1965: Andrew McDonald II, a San Jose State college student from Hayward, claps as San Jose marchers parade at the Federal Building in San Francisco during a Selma, Alabama, protest demonstration.

The San Jose group walked the 45 miles to San Francisco in three days. McDonald said he wheeled most of the way.

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