Object number:
H97.1.1048
Object name:
photograph
Maker:
Howard Erker
Date made:
December 2, 1964
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8.125 in, W: 8.75 in
Credit line:
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:
A lone FSM demonstrator peers off the second floor balcony of Sproul Hall during the nocturnal sit-in in Sproul Hall the night of December 2-3, 1964. Goines: "December 2, 1964: Demonstrators pack four floors of Sproul Hall." Goines: "December 3, 1964: At 3:00 AM Chancellor Strong requests that the demonstrators end their sit-in. At 3:45 AM Governor Brown orders arrests. Twelve hours later, some 800 protestors have been arrested. At 1:00 PM, as the arrests continue, 800 professors meet in Wheeler, passing resolutions favoring political freedom and amnesty and condemning the use of police on campus. Governor Brown is picketed by Davis students. Pickets attempt to block campus entrances. GCC meets to implement the strike.
Concepts:
student; demonstration; sit-in; Sproul Hall; student protest; Free Speech Movement
Places:
University of California, Berkeley
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