Documents Tagged ‘Warren Widener’
Nina Simone Celebrated at Rainbow Sign
Archive Entry Date: 3/31/72
Rare footage of Nina Simone celebrated by Berkeley's mayor and the Urban League
Do Bribes and Mobsters Make Good Neighbors?
Archive Entry Date: 1/18/1979
The scandal that doomed the West Berkeley Industrial Park project
83 Black Mayors Feted Here
Archive Entry Date: 6/16/1973
Local black residents certainly benefited from meeting black leaders, but the benefits went both ways for politicians seeking support
Recycling Needs Your Help
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971-72
Ecology Action, "swamped" by recycling, asked the public to pressure the city for more resources
Mayor’s Proclamation of Nina Simone Day
Archive Entry Date: 3/31/72
On the occasion of Nina Simone's concert at Rainbow Sign, Mayor Widener honored both the singer and the club
Bowker Bumsout Blacks
Archive Entry Date: 1/29/1972
When the Cal administration installed its own chair of Afro-American Studies, dissenters went to the Rainbow Sign to strategize