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Clip shows the San Francisco Public Library in 1978. The library was located on Larkin Street in San Francisco's Civic Center; this is the same location that is now being used by the Asian Art Museum. 

Clip begins with a woman entering the library's front door. 

Boy wearing a plaid shirt and Converse's Chuck Taylor shoes sits hunched over on a bench, reading. 

Three middle-aged white people dressed in spring pastels enter the library. 

Close-up of books and a newspaper being carried. People exit the library, including a number of African-American and Asian men. 

Close up of books and a portable radio being carried by a man. 

Last shot shows people within the library, reading and sitting at tables. One person has his crutches leaning against a table.