During the 1960's, students at Berkeley were concerned with a number of issues, such as civil rights, the war in Vietnam, women rights, and freedom of speech. Once scene in the film that describes the students movements to protest discrimination against African-Americans in 1963. The students faced the most difficulty when they tried to help African-Americans and other minorities secure jobs in the Sharanton hotels in San Francisco. After a number of students were arrested for their sit in protest in the Sharranton hotel incident, an agreement was reached between the entire hotel industry and the The Ad Hoc Committee To End Racial Discrimination to hire minorities for all positions including management. The Sharanton incident uplifted the students
