2000.1.1527

Apr. 23, 1989
9.5 in HIGH x 6.5 in WIDE
(24.13 cm HIGH x 16.51 cm WIDE)
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers
2000.1.1527


Photograph of 25-30 African American children, apparently ages 7 to 16, running down Broadway, near Jack London Square in downtown Oakland,on their way to see a play. Handwritten on back of photo, "Kids skip and chant on Broadway on way to see the play, " Free Base Ain't Free" at Beckett's." Caption from newspaper, "Above, children from the Acorn housing project skip down Broadway in Oakland on their way to jack London Square to see the play 'Free Base Ain't Free.' Left, actor John Ivey was one ofthe stars of the anti-drug play."

Used: Oakland Tribune

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