by 1960s Civil Rights, Berkeley
Photo archive of 11 original black and white silver gelatin photos. 3.25" x 4.5" inches Original vernacular photographs. February 1969. This archive of photos depicts Berkeley during the student uprisings of February 1969. The early months of 1969 were a very turbulent period at Berkeley. A student organization called the Third World Liberation Front, a coalition of minority student groups with radical politics, had been engaging in strikes and demonstrations throughout the 1968-69 school year. Their By February, Governor Reagan had declared a "state of extreme emergency" in Berkeley, allowing the Sheriff of Alameda County complete police jurisdiction (truncated)