The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Students and police officers clash on Sproul Plaza. On October 23-24, 1968, U.C. Berkeley students took over several campus buildings, including Sproul Hall, Dwinelle Hall, Campbell Hall, and Moses Hall, to protest, among other things, the denial of course credit to a class about racism that featured Eldridge Cleaver as a guest lecturer.
Concepts:
student protest; demonstration; police
Organizations:
Sproul Plaza
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