May 1968 student protests in France

The Yellow Vest demonstrations across France began in mid-November 2018, approximately 50 years since protests rocked the nation in May 1968. In this gallery, we take a look back to the events of May 1968.

Thousands of protestors march from Place de la Republique to the Bastille on May 1, 1968 in Paris, France. On banners the demonstrators demand peace in Vietnam, higher wages and an end of the state of emergency. (AP Photo)

Protesting students throw stones at police on May 1, 1968, in Paris, France. (AP Photo)

A student throws stones at police in Paris, France, during a student strike in May 1968. (AP Photo/Guy Kopelowicz)

Student demonstration on the Boulevard Saint Michel, May 3, 1968, in Paris, against the closure of the Faculty of Nanterre. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)

Helmeted anti-riot police charge through a cloud of tear gas during student riots in Paris, France, May 6, 1968. (AP Photo)

Anti-riot police charge through the streets of Paris during violent student demonstrations, May 6, 1968. (AP Photo)

Policemen advance towards students who took position at the sites of last night barricades on the Rue Gay Lussac in Paris, France, in May 1968. (AP Photo)

A demonstrator lies on the ground during clashes with police in Paris on May 1968. (AP Photo/Guy Kopelowicz)

A bloodied student is taken away by police after clashes at Place Maubert in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France, on May 6, 1968. (AP Photo/Guy Kopelowicz)

Policemen with helmets amd clubs march a group of arrested students with their arms behind their heads to the Pantheon Police Headquarters through a sea of cobblestones after heavy streetfights in Latin Quarter in Paris, France, May 11, 1968. (AP Photo)

Toppled cars are seen in Rue Gay-Lussac in Paris, France, on May 11, 1968. The night before thousands of students fought with riot police in the streets of the Quartier Latin. (AP Photo)

Riot police stand guard near overturned cars after a night of riots in Paris May 11, 1968. (AP Photo)

A man is grabbed by police officers during the student riots in Paris on May 11, 1968. (AP Photo)

Republican security guards gather outside the L'Humanite building, the French Communist Party newspaper, during a rightist demonstration, Paris, May 21, 1968. (AP Photo)

Red flags are delivered to students as they demonstrate on the Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris on May 22, 1968, to protest against the French government's decision to bar German student Daniel Cohn-Bendit from France. (AP Photo)

Police wearing helmets charge rioting students somewhere between the Place de la Bastille and the Place de la Bourse in Paris, France, on May 24, 1968. (AP Photo)

Thousands of people, mainly students, took part in demonstration sponsored by the Students Union (UNEF) against the De Gaulle Regime between the Place De Rennes and the Austerlitz Railway station on the Paris Left Bank on June 1, 1968. (AP Photo)

Brandishing red and black flags students clench their fists in the Marxist-style salute at a mass demonstration of students and workers on the Left Bank of the Seine in Paris on June 1, 1968, to protest against President de Gaulle. (AP Photo)

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