Unforgettable Change: 1960s: Free Speech Movement & The New American Left


Or view larger version. Mario Savio as he arrived on the U.C. Berkeley campus. Savio is shown speaking to another student in front of Sproul Hall. December 4, 1964. Tommy McDonough, photographer. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. The Oakland Tribune Collection. Gift of Alameda Newspaper Group.
This is a photograph of Mario Savio, one of the leaders of the Free Speech Movement on the University of California, Berkeley campus during the academic year of 1964-1965. He is standing in front of Sproul Hall among protestors. The protest sign shown reads, “This campus is on strike for free speech.”