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Regents Meeting Press Conference: President Clark Kerr and Regents Chairman Edward Carter
Date: 12/18/1964Call Number: CE 681Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
UC President Clark Kerr and Board of Regents Chairman, department store magnate Edward Carter, field questions from the press regarding the UC Regents handling of the issues posed by the Free Speech Movement. There is discussion of formation of a committee clarifying regulations as well as the potential formation of a separate committee examining disciplinary issues. They deny implications that the Regents are purposely stalling the process of decision-making, stating that they are interested in resolving issues “expeditiously,” and are doubtful that another campus strike would occur.
Regents Meeting rally, student dialogue, Interview with Assemblyman William Stanton
Date: 12/18/1964Call Number: CE 682Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
FSM rally and vigil at UCLA during Regents meeting. There is interruption by unrelated choral group. Dialogue with two UCLA students: one supporting the Free Speech Movement and one opposed. Interview with 25th District Assemblyman William Stanton about political implications of UC Berkeley campus events. He disapproves of the use of state troopers in suppressing student protests and the lack of clarity around police authorization at the December 2-3rd sit-in.
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.
Suzanne Goldberg (part 2 of 2)
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.
Student experiences with sit-ins: Michael Marcus, Art Goldberg, Stephanie Coontz
Call Number: CE 685Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interviews with three students who were arrested at the sit-in at Sproul Hall on the 2nd and 3rd of December 1964. Students discuss the atmosphere of the sit-in, the arrival of the police, police brutality, and attempts to alienate the students from other prisoners in the Santa Rita Jail. Further discussed are President Clark Kerr’s changes to education and the campus, their parents’ reactions to their arrests and general perspectives on the FSM.
Student experiences with sit-ins: Stephanie Coontz, Andy Wells, Lynn Wollander, Ron Anastasi
Call Number: CE 686Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interviews with students who were arrested during the December 2nd and 3rd Sproul Hall sit-in. Four students recount their experiences during the sit-in, the mass arrest, being detained in the basement of Sproul Hall, experiences in Santa Rita jail, students being thrown in solitary confinement and the denial of legal assistance to the students.
Mona Hutchin: conservative student involvement in the FSM
Call Number: CE 687Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interview with Mona Hutchin, a conservative student activist who participated in the Free Speech Movement. She discusses how she became involved and her experiences with the Sproul Hall sit-in, police violence and subsequent arrest. She describes harassment of student organizers by fraternity members. She discusses with Colin the distorted media coverage of the sit-in, describing some coverage as “out and out lies.”
Professor Joseph Tussman: faculty reflections on the FSM (part 1 of 2)
Call Number: CE 688Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interview with Professor Joseph Tussman, chair of the UC Berkeley philosophy department and experimental education advocate. He reflects on the events of the fall and winter of 1964 as a supportive yet critical faculty member with a strong interest in democratic engagement and education reform.
Professor Joseph Tussman: faculty reflections on the FSM (part 2 of 2)
Call Number: CE 689Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interview with Professor Joseph Tussman, chair of the UC Berkeley philosophy department and experimental education advocate. He reflects on the events of the fall and winter of 1964 as a supportive yet critical faculty member with a strong interest in democratic engagement and education reform.
Professor John R. Searle
Call Number: CE 690Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Interview with Professor John R. Searle, one of the earliest UC Berkeley faculty members to join the FSM; he discusses his experience with the FSM and his reasons and motivations for doing so.
