Student leaps across a balcony ruling over entrance to administration building at Boston University

Student leaps across a balcony ruling over entrance to administration building at Boston University

Item Information

Title:
Student leaps across a balcony ruling over entrance to administration building at Boston University
Name on Item:
Dennis Brearley
Date:
April 24, 1968
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Portrait photographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Brearley Collection
Subjects:
Students
Student movements
Universities & colleges
Demonstrations
Climbing
Boston University
Places:
Suffolk (county) > Boston
Boston University
Extent:
1 photograph : film negative ; 35 mm (roll format)
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Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger based on similar item.
Additional information accompanying item: Boston University...Negro..Sit-in... April 24, 1968. Student leaps across a balcony ruling over entrance to administration building at Boston University while others hoisted portable mike after a group of 300 Negro students seized control of office building. They chained the door barricading themselves to dramatize their demand for a more liberal policy of admitting and advancing members of their race.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; John Booras
Notes (date):
Date from item or material accompanying item.
Identifier:
18_11_009184