Historic FSM photos inside Sproul Hall, Dec 3-4, 1964

For the first time, I have posted below photographs I took during the Free Speech Movement Sproul Hall sit in. These include images of Mario Savio, Jack Weinberg, and Joan Baez in the corridors of Sproul. They also show the police charging up the stairs to take control of the window on the second floor, a window that was being used to take food and information in from outside sympathizers. I was arrested, and I spent the next night in the Oakland jail. I was pleased that the police did not destroy the film. (The camera was an old pocket Leica, and it was not obvious how to remove the film.) The pictures were taken without flash, ISO 400 Tri-X film. After I was released, I printed the photos, and gave copies to the FSM lawyers. They instructed me to keep them private, but they never used them. So finally, here they are. Most of them show events that were not captured by any other photographer. A few of them (e.g. the photo of Chancellor Strong and his bullhorn) have appeared elsewhere without proper attribution to me.

I was a graduate student in physics at the time. I believe that I was the only student arrested in the FSM to later become a professor at Berkeley. My name is Richard A. Muller, and my main web site is www.muller.lbl.gov.

Click on any photo for a larger image. If you wish to use any of these, or if you know the names of any of the people in the photos, please contact me at ramuller@berkeley.edu.

Mario Savio in Sproul Hall. The FSM sit-in begins	Jack Weinberg leading a class on passive resistance, in Sproul Hall, evening of Dec 3, 1964	Joan Baez in Sproul Hall, evening of Dec 3, 1964. She left before the arrests began.
Food facilities in Sproul Hall during the FSM sit in. Many of the students had been involved in the Freedom Rides, and they knew how to keep the crowd organized.	Lost and Found and Press Table, set up in Sproul Hall during the FSM sit in, 1964	The police locked the doors, letting demonstrators out but not in. Student to the left is Richard Muller. (Photo by Richard Shavitz). The policeman may be John Teel.
Reporters take photos inside Sproul Hall during the FSM sit in	Students in the corridors of Sproul Hall, during the FSM sit in, Dec 3, 1964	Sproul Hall corridor during the FSM sit in
Chancellor Edward Strong announcing, with bull horn, that students must leave immediately or face arrest	After demanding that students leave, Chancellor Strong enters elevator to make the announcement on the next floor	The police look over the second floor of Sproul. They are at the head of the stairs. In a few minutes they will charge up those stairs. A film photographer is present. Who is it?
Police charge up the stairs to the 2nd floor of Sproul Hall, FSM sit in, early morning of Dec 4, 1964.	Police and students vie for the 2nd floor of Sproul. Students sing "We shall overcome" to keep up their courage.	Police work their way to the window by stepping over students. Second floor of Sproul Hall, early morning of Dec 4, 1964.
FSM, Sproul Hall on early morning of Dec 4, 1964. Police trying to take the window area	Police reaching the 2nd floor window of Sproul Hall during FSM sit in	Police taking the window on the 2nd floor of Sproul. They considered this a strategic objective, since food and information flowed through the window.
Police working their way to the window of Sproul Hall	Police push students away from window, closing off communication with students outside. Sproul Hall, FSM, Dec 4, 1964.	Poor photo of the window seige. Put here for historical completeness.
Officials join the police on the 2nd floor of Sproul Hall	The police and University officials on the 2nd floor of Sproul, FSM sit in	The Police have taken the stairs and the window area
Police preparing to make arrests. The policeman at the bottom is talking with students.	Police in Sproul Hall	Arrests begin. The student is passively resistant, and is being dragged to the stairwell. Note the shoes of the student, lower left center.
FSM strike, following the arrests. The poster shows the "FreeVersity Classes" set up so students could continue education during the strike.	Pickets on Bancroft after the FSM arrests	Richard Muller, with picket sign, after he was released from the Oakland Jail. FSM, December 1964. The campanile is in the background. Is he truly the only arrestee to later become a professor at Cal?