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Press Conference: ASUC President Charles Powell
Date: 12/4/1964Call Number: CE 676Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
A press conference given by ASUC president Charles Powell, in which he denounces the FSM as a minority movement that has caused “needless suffering” and divided the campus, and that the only political activity he endorses is through the legislature and court system.
Suzanne Goldberg: Graduate student organizing and Sproul Hall sit-ins (part 1 of 2)
Call Number: CE 683Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: KPFACollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interview with Suzanne Goldberg, a UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant in the philosophy department who came to Berkeley from New York in 1963, about her experiences as a member of the Graduate Coordinating Council and the steering committee of the Free Speech Movement. Goldberg discusses politics between student organizations on campus, including the Graduate Coordinating Committee’s decision to secede from the larger student government (ASUC), and events leading up to the December 2, 1964 sit-in at Sproul Hall. She goes on to describe police violence against protesters and her experience of arrest and being held in solitary confinement for 19 hours at Santa Rita Jail due to being targeted as a student leader.
4/26/65 Rally Part 1; Interview with Art Goldberg
Date: 4/26/1965Call Number: CE 726Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
A black student organizer speaks about racial discrimination and abuse from campus staff and police during a conference organized for Berkeley High students on the UC campus, and a rally that is taking place to demand accountability. History professors Reggie Zelnik and Kenneth Stampp discuss the Meyer report released by the Regents and the lack of due process for disciplinary action. SLATE candidates for student government Sandor Fuchs and Luis Hernandez speak briefly and encourage voting. Mario Savio speaks at length on various topics. Brad Cleaveland and Marvin Garson announce an upcoming debate regarding tactics. Art Goldberg is interviewed about his expulsion and plans to challenge it through the court system.
FSM Interviews with Stein, Nagler and Pimsleur Part 1
Call Number: CE 712Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
This recording contains three interviews; two with students and one with a reporter from the SF Chronicle. Topics of discussion include the involvement of the academic senate in the Free Speech protests, the involvement of fraternity boys and footballs players to disrupt the demonstrations, and police brutality.
FSM Interviews with Stein, Nagler and Pimsleur Part 2
Call Number: CE 713Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Continuation of previous tape (interviews with students and reporter). Further topics of discussion include the media's coverage of the protests and more.
Main Floor ASUC November 30 1966 Reel 1
Date: 11/30/1966Call Number: CE 753Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Discussion from within the main floor of the ASUC building during the November 30th, 1966 demonstration. About twelve people, mostly students and one faculty member, discuss the possibility of a strike the following day and how to organize it. Most students are in favor of the strike and talk about how to set up picket lines as well as involve the TAs and faculty.
Has many splices that can break.
Main Floor ASUC November 30 1966 Reel 2
Date: 11/30/1966Call Number: CE 754Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
More discussion from within the demonstration in the ASUC building on November 30th, 1966. Students and faculty continue to talk about the possibility of striking the following day. Professor Henkin tried to call a vote on postponing the strike, which students called a "cheap demagogic trick." They discuss the Mulford Act arrests of non-students and the status of non-students. Students find out that ASUC voted to strike if two demands were not met before the following morning. Speakers who are opposed to the idea of a strike are given the stage to talk.
Main Floor Discussion
Date: 11/30/1966Call Number: CE 755Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Parts of Main Floor Reel 2, beginning with the speaker who is a non-student talking about the problems with admissions, ending slightly after the last speaker from Main Floor Reel 2, with less than a minute of the moderator's voice.
Main Floor ASUC November 30 1966 Reel 3
Date: 11/30/1966Call Number: CE 756Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
More discussion from within the demonstration in the ASUC building on November 30th, 1966. Students and faculty continue to talk about the possibility of striking the following day. Speakers discuss how leaders have been singled out, the campus issues that students disagree with, the faculty's inaction, the willingness of graduate students to help with a strike, as well as reasons not to strike. The third speaker announces that bail has been set at $3300 per person for the three non-students who had been arrested. He presents the three demands for the strike: No police on campus, amnesty for participants in the demonstration, and student power on campus.
Pauley Ballroom Tape 1
Date: 11/30/1966Call Number: CE 757Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Discussion from within Pauley Ballroom about the possibility of a strike. Speakers include numerous students, one professor, vice-chancellor Cheit, and Suzanne Savio, moderated by a student chair. All students are in support of the strike and talk about demands, including no more police intervention on campus, no charges against students and non-students arrested in the demonstration, right to table, and no penalties for students involved in the demonstration. A professor opposes the strike on the grounds that the administration should be given time to respond to demands. Vice-chancellor Cheit is given a chance to answer students' questions. During the 10-minute Q&A session, students ask about the use of police on campus, the legitimacy of the Navy table, the fate of the students who were arrested, and other questions. Suzanne Savio speaks about the necessity of student action and the position of the university.
