The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Black and white photograph
Content description:
A small plant stands surrounded by candles in the "New People's Park" established by a crowd of more than 400 demonstrators as a community garden near Hearst Avenue. Near the small plant is a card that reads: "Dedicated 5-25-69 by the People of Berkeley, Calif., in Memory of James Rector." Rector had been killed earlier as he observed the protests and street violence surrounding People's Park.
Concepts:
protest; garden; candle; activism; crowd; plant
Places:
People's Park; Berkeley, California
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