Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:33 pm by globalturbo
Fifty years ago today People’s Park was born, an important moment in the radical trajectory of Berkeley, the Bay Area, California and America in the 1960s.
The birth of the park on April 20 kick-started a tumultuous 25 days that culminated on Bloody Thursday (May 15) when the university retook the park with force. An ensuing protest saw Alameda County deputy sheriffs shoot and kill or seriously wound a number of bystanders, aerial tear gassing on May 20 and mass arrests a few days later, ending with a peaceful march by 30,000 through the streets of Berkeley on May 30.
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/04/20/berkeleys-peoples-park-was-born-50-years-today?utm_source=Berkeleyside&fbclid=IwAR3FBjokXnkI5rIhCGe6v0woCMIXW9w_L6Bm9tA7cQhkOw32_dO2oNo5dbs
The birth of the park on April 20 kick-started a tumultuous 25 days that culminated on Bloody Thursday (May 15) when the university retook the park with force. An ensuing protest saw Alameda County deputy sheriffs shoot and kill or seriously wound a number of bystanders, aerial tear gassing on May 20 and mass arrests a few days later, ending with a peaceful march by 30,000 through the streets of Berkeley on May 30.
https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/04/20/berkeleys-peoples-park-was-born-50-years-today?utm_source=Berkeleyside&fbclid=IwAR3FBjokXnkI5rIhCGe6v0woCMIXW9w_L6Bm9tA7cQhkOw32_dO2oNo5dbs
