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![Suzanne Goldberg: Graduate student organizing and Sproul Hall sit-ins (part 1 of 2)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
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.
![Suzanne Goldberg (part 2 of 2)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 684Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: KPFACollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Continuation of part 1 of Colin Edwards’ interview with Suzanne Goldberg. Goldberg further discusses conditions in Santa Rita Jail, including being denied contact with a lawyer while held in solitary confinement, as well as the situation of Carol Nusinow, who was also held in solitary. She relates the charges levied against sit-in participants and her refusal to enter a plea, and describes preparations for an upcoming court appearance with attorney Alex Hoffman. She discusses positive changes in campus climate following the sit-in, describing more open communication, satisfaction with newly appointed chancellor Martin Meyerson and a current lack of restriction regarding political activity on campus. She describes her participation in organizing as decreasing her feelings of alienation and building a sense of community on campus. She locates the movement within a context of civil rights organizing and academic freedom.
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