Science Hall protesters perform a sit-in

Description

A group of faculty and student protesters occupy the driveway by performing a sit-in in an attempt to block construction crews from reaching the site of Carnegie-Mellon University's Science Hall. Some students and faculty stand in front of the concrete mixer in the background with a television station news crew to their left.

Creator

Carnegie Mellon University

Date

23 September 1969

Collection

General Photograph Collection

Extent

1 item

Rights

In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Genre

black-and-white photographs

Original Repository

Carnegie Mellon University Archives

Persistent Link

http://doi.library.cmu.edu/10.1184/pmc/GPC/0000000346

Subjects

Subject (Topic)

television stations
television journalists
protests
occupation (multidisciplinary concept)
news agencies
faculty (educators)
Construction workers
Construction
concrete mixers
buildings (structures)
Automobiles

Subject (Name)

Carnegie Mellon University

Geographic Subject

Wean Hall (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Pittsburgh (Pa.)

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