The UC Berkeley Black Student Union organized a march from campus to Oakland Saturday Dec. 13, 2014. Photo: Natalie Orenstein Despite being shaken by the appearance of effigies hanging from nooses on campus Saturday morning, UC Berkeley Black Student Union (BSU) leaders said they didn’t want that incident to affect their planned march against police killings […]
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Community responds to noose effigies found at Cal
This effigy was one of three authorities say was hung on the UC Berkeley campus Saturday. Photo: Cal Black Student Union By Frances Dinkelspiel and Emilie Raguso Sunday, Dec. 14, 5 p.m. An anonymous artists’ collective has taken responsibility for the effigies strung up in nooses at UC Berkeley on Saturday. The statement from the collective: “We are […]
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Black Lives Matter protest by hundreds of Berkeley High students ‘shows how it’s done’
Hundreds of Berkeley High students staged a ‘die-in,” observing a 4.5 minute silence while lying at the foot of the Campanile on the UC Berkeley campus as part of a protest action on Dec. 10, 2014. Photo: Tracey Taylor Hundreds of Berkeley High students staged a ‘die-in,” observing a 4.5 minute silence while lying at the […]
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Cal students, supporters hold ‘black lives matter’ rally
A photograph from Thursday’s “black lives matter” rally at UC Berkeley. Photo: Genesis Ahtty A large group of black UC Berkeley students and their supporters are holding a rally on campus now, Thursday afternoon, in response to the recent Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury verdict regarding the fatal shooting by a police officer of Michael Brown. They […]