Title:
The Avenue Is Yours! July 4, 1968
Creator:
Berkeley Free Church
Subject:
Berkeley Free Church (Berkeley, Calif.)
City of Berkeley--Political activity--1968
Telegraph Avenue (Berkeley, Calif.)
Interdenominational cooperation--California--Berkeley (Calif.)
Description:
Board members of the Free Church along with other Berkeley clergymen convinced the city to allow a July 4 celebration on
Telegraph Avenue to cool down tensions in the city. During the previous week, police had forcibly cleared a rally on Telegraph
Avenue. The clergy and Free Church violence intervention team linked arms and maintained separation between the police and
the crowd. The police stopped and fired tear gas into the crowd. First aid stations at Cody's and the Free Church assisted
the injured and gassed. While Brown directed people to the church, a policeman came up and beat him and the two young men
with him to the ground with a night stick. The July 4 celebration, guaranteed by the local clergy, defused the growing antagonism
between police and demonstrators. It marked one of the high points in the influence of the Free Church, the ministers in
the South Campus area, and the merchants.
Publisher:
Graduate Theological Union
Contributor:
York, Richard L.
Date:
1968
1968
Type:
text;
Format:
Flier; 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm.)
Identifier:
GTU_034
GTU 89-5-016
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Berkeley (Calif.)
Rights:
Public Domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.