In 1978, students began coordinated efforts to persuade the University of California Board of Regents to hold an open forum on divestment. After months of minimal response, the students escalated their actions, which included a sit-in at Sproul Hall that attracted 1,500 people and resulted in more than fifty arrests.
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DIVESTMENT ON TRIAL
free speech on the line
STUDENT DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS ~ first in 9 years
MONDAY NOV. 13 7PM WHEELER AUD.
serj
Date: 1978
Attribution: Flyer, 1978, Sather Gate Handbills, 308h.H24, Box 12, University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.