These rare photos of the 1989 Democracy Movement in Beijing and its aftermath from the HRIC archive include: crowds mourning the death of reformist CPC leader Hu Yaobang at the Monument to the People's Heroes that marked the beginning of the Tiananmen protests; a column of teachers on bicycles with a banner saluting the students; a trunkful of exuberant volunteers delivering water to students; the Goddess of Democracy in construction; students on hunger strike; hotel workers displaying a banner announcing their arrival in the Square; policemen reaching to shake the hands of students; a policeman holding up a sign that says “The Students Will Prevail”; and Tiananmen Square after the military crackdown
(Courtesy of Gail Butler, Libby Schmalz.)
