After Uproar, LA County Moves Jane Fonda Day to April 8

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has moved Jane Fonda Day to April 8 from the previously proclaimed date of April 30, after backlash from critics and Vietnamese Americans upset over the date’s overlap with the fall of Saigon. South Vietnam’s 1975 fall to communist North Vietnam, known as Black April, is observed on April 30 and is a solemn occasion for veterans of that war and the 521,100- strong Vietnamese population in California. The board issued its original Jane Fonda Day proclamation on April 30, with the actress and environmental activist attending to be recognized for her work on behalf of women, the environment and human rights. But the move was quickly met with criticism over her outspoken opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and her trip to North Vietnam in 1972....