Book VIII Print 7: May Day crowd scenes in the Plaza Cívica in HavanaYale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives1960 May 1engspaCrowd scenes taken from the base and foreground of the national monument to José Martí in the Plaza Cívica of Havana on May 1, 1960. Apparently, members of the crowd are waiting for Prime Minister Fidel Castro to begin his speech.