An enclave of black students amid a group of whites attending commencement a the University of California, Berkeley. Voluntary segregation has taken hold at the university, affecting sporting events, the social center, the dining hall, and even the library.

On recto: typewritten artist's credit, typewritten title and New York Times credit.

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

This object has the following keywords:

• Civil Rights Movements
• Graduations
• Injustice
• Racial Discrimination
• Segregation
• Students
• University of California Berkeley

• Image Dimensions: 7 5/16 x 9 3/8 in. (18.57 x 23.81 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen
• Sheet Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 10 in. (20.16 x 25.4 cm) Measured by Hudson, Karen