Title:
Free Church Memorial for Ho, Liberated Church Press, September 20, 1969
Creator:
Berkeley Free Church
Subject:
Ho, Chi Minh (1890-1969)
Berkeley Free Church (Berkeley, Calif.)
Occasional services
City of Berkeley--Political activity--1969
Radicalism -- California -- Berkeley -- History
Description:
Liberated Church Press, Vol 1 (4), Sept 20, 1969, newsletter includes an article about the Free Church Memorial for Ho Chi
Minh on September 5, 1969. The memorial service for Ho Chi Minh, organized by Anthony Nugent and other clergy of the Free
Church, met with outrage by local churches, especially due to placing Ho Chi Minh's picture on the cross. Tom Hayden brought
hundreds of students from UC-Berkeley and also delivered a eulogy. Over a thousand attended. As part of the service, the
Black Panthers marched up to the altar and dropped off bullets and casings. The service received national attention. In the
December 1969 issue of Harper's Magazine, it was described as "a ceremony of calculated scandalization." Trinity Methodist
refused to allow the Free Church to use their sanctuary again.
Publisher:
Graduate Theological Union;
Contributor:
York, Richard L.;
Date:
1969
September 20, 1969
Type:
text;
Format:
Newsletter (8 pages), ; 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm.)
Identifier:
GTU_069
GTU 89-5-016;
Language:
English
Coverage:
Berkeley (Calif.);
Rights:
Public domain;
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Free Church Memorial for Ho, Liberated Church Press, September 20, 1969