People's Park
| In the spring of l969 , the Berkeley street community initiated
a project to transform a barren and unused university-owned Lot into a
park for the whole community to enjoy-a People's Park. Because the park
threatened the control of the university and presented a challenge to
the concept of private property, the police and National Guard were used
to brutalize the people and destroy the People's Park. 25 minutes This film was made by SF Newsreel and was originally rejected as not being political enough. It was too hippie dippy so the beginning five minute rap by FrankBarneke, a peoples park politico was added on in the beginning . |
