PEOPLE’S PARK PROTEST
For more than half a century People’s Park in Berkeley had been both a locus of community activism and a site of conflict between authorities and the counterculture. In April 1969 the Berkeley Barb encouraged people to congregate there, triggering an armed confrontation between police, students, and local residents. Green’s images capture all facets of the protest – not only the event, but the people, the atmosphere and the emotions.