Author Archive
James Baldwin Contact Sheet
Archive Entry Date: 5/3/76
Mary Ann Pollar and Baldwin appear here as comrades and co-authors of the Rainbow Sign
Gemini Directory of the Transgendered World
Archive Entry Date: 1976
A directory by and for trans people with listings from around the world
Desegregation’s Results: Berkeley No Longer Has a Siberia
Archive Entry Date: 4/21/1976
The black-oriented Oakland Post offered a positive take on school desegregation in Berkeley
Rainbow Sign Presents Alice Walker
Archive Entry Date: 4/09/1976
Rainbow Sign was, like Alice Walker's real and imagined worlds, populated by uncompromising black women
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
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
Weather Critique of Teacher Strike
Archive Entry Date: 1/16/1976
The Barb on the fractures that made the teachers' strike difficult
Drawing from the Laurel’s Kitchen Cookbook
Archive Entry Date: 1976
An artist's depiction of a 70s counterculture kitchen.
Jayne Cortez at the Rainbow Sign: Berkeley ’75
Archive Entry Date: 1976
A tribute, in Yardbird, to Rainbow Sign's "sisterly feeling" and Jayne Cortez's poetic wit and power
Giving Children the Gift of Identity
Archive Entry Date: 12/17/1975
Black children's literature advocates for positive self-esteem, not just reading comprehension.
Berkeley Teachers Strike
Archive Entry Date: Winter 1975-76
From the Weather Underground, a critical and radical take on the Berkeley teachers' strike
Proposal to Settle Strike ‘Vindicates’ Teacher Stand
Archive Entry Date: 10/31/75
The resolution of the Berkeley teachers' strike was a victory, said the California AFL-CIO
Win Some, Lose Some
Archive Entry Date: 10/31/75
The teachers' strike was a draw, according to the Barb's city-beat reporter
Teachers Strikes in 11 States Keep Million Pupils Home
Archive Entry Date: 9/6/75
When Berkeley teachers walked out, they were part of a wave of labor protest
Berkeley Teachers Strike Over Pay Cut
Archive Entry Date: 9/4/1975
Cutbacks triggered the first teachers' strike in Berkeley city history
September 1975
Archive Entry Date: 9/1/75
Commander Cody one night and John Lee Hooker the next. The Keystone could handle it all.
August 1975
Archive Entry Date: 8/1/75
Local reggae acts and legendary Blues men at the Keystone in the summer
“Cleo Overstreet, Novelist”
Archive Entry Date: 7/4/1975
example of R.S. elevating innovative artists whose work was under appreciated then and and too often forgotten
July 1975
Archive Entry Date: 7/1/75
The James Cotton Blues Band, Roy Ayers, and Graham Central Station made for a funky summer
A Rainbow of Poetry: The Berkeley Marathon
Archive Entry Date: 7/1/1975
Rainbow Sign sponsored the longest poetry marathon ever, according to the Guinness Book of World Records
Berkeley College Prep A Success
Archive Entry Date: 06/18/1975
A different narrative about minority achievement and experimental schools.
Bill Thomas Resigns
Archive Entry Date: 06/17/1975
Looming deficits prompted the district's business manager to resign under a cloud
Keystone Berkeley calendar June 1975
Archive Entry Date: 6/1/1975
A typically wide-ranging lineup of artists
An Exploration of the Integral Urban House
Archive Entry Date: c. 1975-1980
Video from a tour of the Integral Urban House in its heyday