Black Student Union Strike (1968)

A Black man wearing a dark coat speaking into a bullhorn megaphone held in his left hand, while his right arm is outstretched with a clenched fist. A crowd looks on and raises their right fists in the air. There is a sign reading "Viva La Huelga" in the left midground.

Source: A Black Student Union leader in front of a crowd of demonstrators at San Francisco State College in December 1968. The union had gone on strike after racial strife between students and the administration. (AP Photo)

AP African American Studies Guide

A Photograph of the Black Student Union Strike for Black Studies at San Francisco State College (1968)

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