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 July, 1966
Ten Lunches for Free
Archive Entry Date: 7/30/66
Under pressure, Oakland's Board of Education adopted a limited free lunch proposal -- but activists sought to expand it
Paper Organizations: Sham Committee on Full Opportunity
Archive Entry Date: 7/16/1966
Oakland community leaders skewered Mayor Houlihan's stalling of anti-discrimination initiatives
Ad Hoc Bulletin
Archive Entry Date: 7/16/1966
The Ad Hoc Committee gears up for a boycott
Welfare Recipients Revolt
Archive Entry Date: 7/10/66
Oakland's welfare rights activists joined a national fight for decent benefits
The Flatlands Profiles Mr. Bill Goetz
Archive Entry Date: 7/2/1966
A member of the Flatlands editorial board, Bill Goetz had gone from orphan and vagabond to community organizer