5.13.2010

Friday, May 13, 1960: San Francisco sit-in

Hearings scheduled by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) are disrupted by hundreds of protesters (many of them students) who occupy hallways inside San Francisco City Hall. Police push the crowd down a flight of stairs; several are injured and dozens are arrested. The hearings are suspended the next day after 3,500 people gather outside the building.

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