Digital Commonwealth

in 1968, a sit-in took place at the Boston Redevelopment Authority's office in the South End, to protest the urban-renewal plans for the South End. These images from the Boston Public Library Brearley collection on our site show crowds gathered outside the site office on Warren Ave, the BPD superintendent on site, children peering in windows with protest posters, a large police presence, and the peaceful end to the sit-in.