The Berkeley Revolution
A digital archive of the East Bay's transformation in the late-1960s & 1970s
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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
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Nacio Jan Brown, photographer
Mary Ann Pollar, activist and impresario
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Telegraph Avenue
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Archive for April, 1973
School Board Considering Plan to Help Minority Achievement
Archive Entry Date: 04/25/1973
The school board and their audience "had harsh words for the report"
1500 Women at UCLA Hold Lesbian Conference
Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973
The 1973 National Lesbian Conference was a consciousness-raising event for three of the BWMC's founders
The Split Between Hetero Feminists and Lesbians
Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973
An explanation of feminist movement splits
LA Underground Newspaper on Beth Elliott Controversy
Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973
Beth Elliott continued to get flack
Beth Elliott
Archive Entry Date: 4/20/1973
A photo of Beth Elliott performing as a musician
Schools Hiring Policy Unchanged
Archive Entry Date: 04/20/1973
Director Samuel Markowitz's bid to end formal affirmative action hiring policies fell short
“Berkeley’s ‘Under-Educated’ Blacks”
Archive Entry Date: 04/19/1973
Harriet G. Jenkins, assistant schools superintendent, submits a list of recommendations to improve the district's record on minority achievement.
Only One Council Radical; Pot Wins, Split on Police
Archive Entry Date: 04/18/73
The results of the 1973 election as announced by The Berkeley Daily Gazette.
Chamber of Commerce Voter Pamphlet
Archive Entry Date: 4/17/1973
Part of the Chamber of Commerce's campaign against the NRO: a "voter's handbook" that looked city-endorsed
School Board Advertisement
Archive Entry Date: 04/16/1973
More conservative school board candidates were touted as the only candidates with the right "intellectual capacity" for the job
Berkeley’s Outlook Hardly Promising
Archive Entry Date: 04/13/73
Three columns of discontent from moderate and conservative Berkeleyans.
Berkeley City Council Voting Record
Archive Entry Date: 04/11/73
A curated account of city council voting records prepared by the Berkeley League of Women Voters.
April Coalition Materials Plastered on Mailboxes
Archive Entry Date: 04/10/73
"The Greater Berkeley Community" shook its fist at radical candidates for City Council
The Berkeley Daily Gazette Endorses Fraenkel-Conrat and Roh
Archive Entry Date: 04/09/1973
"A broad base of citizens supports the candidacies of both Mrs. Fraenkel-Conrat and Gene Roh."
School Board Must Face Four Major Issues Here
Archive Entry Date: 04/9/73
The School Board Director laid out the critical problems the new school board would face
Group Presses Its Fights for New Neighborhoods
Archive Entry Date: 4/9/1973
The Daily Cal's coverage of the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance captured the heat prior to the election
“Neighborhood Preservation” Flyer
Archive Entry Date: 1973
The Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance, succinctly explained
Gene Roh Fights For Quality Education
Archive Entry Date: 04/05/1973
Candidate Gene Roh, probation officer and concerned citizen, threw his hat in the ring.
YES on Charter Measure
Archive Entry Date: 04/05/73
The Gazette supported a salary increase for school board directors
Teacher Here Says Berkeley Schools Won’t Hire Whites
Archive Entry Date: 04/05/1973
Beatrice Tobias predicted "the end of decent public education"
School Labor Agreement to Wait for Election
Archive Entry Date: 04/04/1973
The status of certified employees and of black principals made for a very hot school board meeting
Zoning—A Brief Berkeley History
Archive Entry Date: 4/1973
The co-author of the NPO cast the initiative as part of the fight to save Berkeley's "struggling flatlands"