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 over the campus. National Guardsman also seem to be deployed. Law enforcement can be seen patrolling the campus and gripping their batons menacingly in several of these photographs. Students are pictured congregating around the Student Union building at the entrance of the Berkeley campus. The Third World Liberation Front had declared a set of demands, namely: "1. Establishment of a Third World College with four departments; 2. Minority persons be appointed to administrative, faculty, and staff positions at all levels in all campus units; 3. Additional demands included Admission, financial aid, and academic assistance for minority students; Work-study positions for minority students in minority communities and on high school campuses; 4. Minorities be allowed to control all minority-related programs on campus; 5. No disciplinary action against student strikers." By March 3, over 150 students were arrested and 36 were suspended. However, five days later, Chancellor Heyns and President Hitch conceded to most of the demands of the TWLF, which included the establishment of the Department of Ethnic Studies. This photo archive chronicles this historic period of activism in fine detail. Overall in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 17596

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