The Berkeley Revolution
A digital archive of the East Bay's transformation in the late-1960s & 1970s
PROJECTS
The Flatlands’ War on Poverty
Berkeley Women’s Music Collective
The Asian Community Library
The Black Panthers’ Education Revolution
The Integral Urban House
The Countercultural Kitchen
A Place for Every Body
The Secret History of Recycling
Pacific Center
Threads of Rebellion
Citizens vs. Developers
The Women and Girls of Telegraph Ave
Berkeley’s Public Schools
The Rainbow Sign
The Third World Liberation Front
Transgender Berkeley
PEOPLE
Nacio Jan Brown, photographer
Mary Ann Pollar, activist and impresario
PLACES
Telegraph Avenue
The Keystone
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Archive for April, 1966
Photograph of Jeanne Rose’s Menswear
Archive Entry Date: 1966
Jeanne is credited with inventing the men's pullover shirt
Photograph of Jeanne in the San Francisco Fog Suit
Archive Entry Date: 1966
The perfect thing to wear cruising through the city in a convertible with the top down!
JOBART Meets the Governor
Archive Entry Date: 4/23/66
Governor Brown criticized for inattention to community concerns re: BART
Flatlands editorial on the Luther Smith case
Archive Entry Date: 04/23/1966
Hard-hitting coverage of a brutal beating of a black Oaklander in his home, and an editorial response
Luther Smith protest rally flyer
Archive Entry Date: 04/67
Flatlands contributors joined with the Robert Scheer campaign in protesting a scandalous case of police brutality
Oakland Baby, The Time Has Come
Archive Entry Date: 4/9/66
A San Francisco anti-poverty warrior cheered on the Flatlands-sponsored plan for community control
The Poor Speak Out
Archive Entry Date: 4/9/66
A chorus of voices — black, white, Mexican-American — on their interactions with Oakland's welfare department and their landlords