Your humble author, who rejects the illusion of objectivity as ridiculous in this situation, joined the occupation party at Campbell Hall soon after it was renamed Carter-Huggins Hall in honor of the two Black Panthers slain there in the 1960s. I was able to take fifteen pictures of the beginning of the occupation before it became clear that my phone battery could not sustain such activity for long. Two pictures were merged into one with photo editing (the others have been unedited to preserve both their awful shaky look and the authenticity of the original shot) and an additional photo was dropped for redundancy. None of them includes any people or any individually identifying information, except where one glass surface appropriately reflects all of your humble photographer except for my face. How did they know?
These pictures offer an insight into the written expressions of students on the administration's whiteboards after we declared CHH ours. By no means should this picture set be considered comprehensive, even within its own limited scale. However, these may be the only pictures taken from inside the building at the time of the occupation, so they hold a special place in history.
I was inside from soon after the beginning to shortly before the end, but unfortunately, I was unable to exchange contact information with the other occupiers before I fled during the controversial final hour of the event. I encourage all of you, especially the original barricade party of 35ish young adventurists, to get in touch with me securely at
neverbeenuaw@hushmail.com , a very safe email address. Our struggle can only grow if we build networks into our foundations. I love you all and I miss you dearly. This was the culminating moment in my life thus far and I would be heartbroken to lose touch with any of you.
