In June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon.

ANSONIA — The photograph of Thich Quang Duc, the 66-year-old monk who burned himself to death on a busy Saigon street in 1963 is as powerful a protest against religious persecution today as it was ...

Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc is doused with gasoline during a protest demonstration in Saigon, on June 11, 1963. Credit - Malcolm Browne—AP A U.S. airman died after setting himself on fire in front ...

Saigon 1963. On the day of a Monk protest, around 400 Buddhist monks and nuns marched to the intersection carrying banners protesting about the Government oppression of their faith and culture. Then a ...