Anti-Apartheid Protest Flyer, UC Berkeley, 1985

From 1984-1986 UC Berkeley students participated in massive demonstrations and sit-ins on campus, in protest of South African Apartheid. They took to the campus's Sproul Hall and renamed it Biko Plaza in honor of South African activist Steve Biko, who was killed in 1977 by South African prison guards. The flyer is xeroxed on paper, featuring 3 images of the same photo increasing in size. A simple but bold graphic. 

UC Berkeley students were routinely arrested and beaten by police during the demonstrations, giving national spotlight to the demands of divestment. The students were eventually successful leading to UC's divestment of $3.1 billion of funds related to South African industry. 

This particular flyer is a time capsule of the 1980s era of protest though somehow still resonant as ever in this modern period of protest. The successes of the Biko Plaza protests in part inspire students to demonstrate, face arrest and suffer violence for protest of another genocidal apartheid regime. 

17" x 11"

Good condition with tape on two top corners.

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