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Title: People's Park Bail Fund
Creator: Berkeley Free Church
Contributor: York, Richard L
Date Created and/or Issued: 1969
Publication Information: Graduate Theological Union
South Campus Community Ministry
Contributing Institution: Graduate Theological Union
Collection: Berkeley Free Church Collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Bail was set extremely high for all arrested, averaging $800 per person. The Free Church received donations of around $50,000. Each day the checks and money were picked up at the Church, brought up to Jock Brown's house and counted by his wife and children. Then Brown, York or Melinda took the money to the Bank of America, where they were allowed to deliver it directly to an official.
Type: image
Format: Flier; 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm.).
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt138nf1b3
GTU_053
GTU 89-5-016
Language: English
Subject: People's Park (Berkeley, Calif.)
Berkeley Free Church (Berkeley, Calif.)
People's Park (Berkeley, Calif.)--History
Bail
Law enforcement
Place: Berkeley (Calif.)

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