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 March, 1976
Post Office Harasses Trans Worker
Archive Entry Date: 3/26/1976
A modern-sounding defense of transgender rights
“Desegregation is Failing to Meet Education Goals”
Archive Entry Date: 03/17/1976
The Berkeley Gazette put a strongly negative spin on a superintendent's report on desegregation
School Expenses Error Discovered
Archive Entry Date: 03/13/1976
A half-million dollar overestimate in expenses potentially halved the budget deficit
Home Separation of Recyclables in Berkeley
Archive Entry Date: 03/76
A pilot program to asses recycling interest in three different Berkeley neighborhoods reveals class differences
Map from Identification of Architectural Barriers
Archive Entry Date: September 1976
An environmental audit revealed that virtually all common routes on Berkeley's campus were inaccessible
Thomas Responds to Auditors
Archive Entry Date: 03/05/1976
Thomas responds to his detractors, laying the blame for the budget crisis squarely at the feet of the school board and superintendent.
“Shenanigans but no fraud”
Archive Entry Date: 03/03/1976
An independent audit of BUSD's budget practices found something funny with the money, but no illegal activity.
School Board Nixes Tax Hike Vote
Archive Entry Date: 03/02/1976
Director Louise Stoll's proposal to put a tax-rate hike on the ballot fell short
Commendation from Alameda County
Archive Entry Date: 3/76
An official commendation for the Pacific Center for mental health services.