The Californian, July/Aug 1960 BLACK FRIDAY Police Brutality & Press Distortion for Sale

The Californian, July/Aug 1960 BLACK FRIDAY Police Brutality & Press Distortion For Sale

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The Californian, July/Aug 1960 BLACK FRIDAY Police Brutality & Press Distortion:
$72.49

The Californian, Vol 1, No 6 1960 liberal/left newspaper. Black Friday: Police Brutality & Press Distortion. Inflation & The Federal Reserve.

San Francisco: Burton H. Wolfe, 1960.

SCARCE issue of this short-lived publication from self-proclaimed muckraker Burton Wolfe, who went on to write books on the Hippie movement.

The cover story offers a. Dissenting press perspective on the events of May 13, 1960, when a demonstration against the House Subcommittee on Un-American Activities turned into a so-called riot.

64 protestors, most college students, were arrested and one was tried for hitting a police officer with his own club, but not convicted. The event is seen as pivotal in the formation of the student protest movement, a signaling of the end of the 50s, and a harbinger of student activism to come.

8.5 x 11 inches, 24 pp. Stapled wrappers. Paper moderate yellowing, with chipping and small tears on edges. See photos for final word on condition.