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| Sproul Plaza, courtesy Alison Moore. |
On October 1, 1964, in the midst of a growing protest, University
of California, Berkeley student Mario Savio hopped onto the roof of a police car in
Sproul Plaza, the open space in front of the University’s administration building.
Sitting in the car was former UC student Jack Weinberg who had been
arrested for staffing an “illegal” table on Sproul on behalf of
the civil rights organization, the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE). Their
actions, and those of others, not only helped launch the Free Speech Movement, which
would forever alter not only the UC campus, but also the fabric of American society.