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Faculty at UC Berkeley Votes for Ethnic Studies Department


FacultyVotesForEthnicStudies(LAT.3.5.69.A3)_Page_1

Date: 3/6/1969

Citation:

Daryl Lembke, "Faculty at UC Berkeley Votes for Ethnic Studies Department," Los Angeles Times, Mar. 6, 1969, A3, A28.

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Categories:

The Third World Liberation Front

Tags:

Chancellor Roger HeynstwLFUC Berkeley Faculty Senate



  • 1. Self Determination: The Coalition Coalesces (1968-January 1969)

    • Black Studies Proposal

      Black Studies Proposal
      –Spring 1968–

      The proposal which inspired and laid the groundwork for the Third World College

    • Asian American Political Alliance General Statement

      Asian American Political Alliance General Statement
      –8/24/1968–

      Practicing democracy in one part of the coalition.

    • twLF Constitution

      twLF Constitution
      –1/1969–

      AASU, MASC, AAPA, & NAP came together—and borrowed language from the Black struggle to do so

    • Strike Demands

      Strike Demands
      –1/1969–

      Liberation demands to gain rightful autonomy in the university

    • Strike On! Survival the Issue

      Strike On! Survival the Issue
      –1/24/1969–

      Extensive coverage, from the Barb, of the start of the TWLF strike at Berkeley

    • Student Masses Win

      Student Masses Win
      –1/31/1969–

      In its second week the TWLF strike took on a new momentum and met stronger resistance

  • 2. Solidarity Under Pressure: the Strike Widens (February-March 1969)

    • Support from SF State Graduate Teachers Union

      Support from SF State Graduate Teachers Union
      –1/20/69–

      SF State's graduate teachers union wrote a letter in support of twLF

    • The TWLF marching on Sproul Plaza

      The TWLF marching on Sproul Plaza
      –2/1969–

      Manuel Delgado, of the Mexican American Students Confederation, heading up a TWLF rally

    • Cal TA’s in the Soup

      Cal TA’s in the Soup
      –2/21/1969–

      The Cal TA union voted to strike after 17 TAs were busted on a TWLF picket line

    • twLF Communiqué #8

      twLF Communiqué #8
      –2/24/1969–

      The twLF held the "first session of the Third World College," grounding their struggle in educational self-determination, not police brutality or the street struggle

    • Berkeley, Son of SF State

      Berkeley, Son of SF State
      –2/28/1969–

      An analysis—from a later Pulitzer Prize winner—of how the two TWLFs converged and diverged

    • Berkeley Strikers Battle Police

      Berkeley Strikers Battle Police
      –2/28/1969–

      Battles between strikers and police led to greater support for the TWLF among students and TAs

    • A Cal Student’s Mother Supports twLF

      A Cal Student’s Mother Supports twLF
      –03/1969–

      A Cal mother wrote to the Regents supporting the fight for a Third World College

    • Gas Over Berkeley

      Gas Over Berkeley
      –3/7/1969–

      The Barb on "Reagan's robots" and some confusion within the TWLF after the Berkeley Faculty vote

    • SOLIDARITY!

      SOLIDARITY!
      –3/1969–

      A pamphlet that offered analysis of the TWLF position and of the police and campus counterreaction

    • Strike 1969 Pamphlet

      Strike 1969 Pamphlet
      –c. 3/15/69–

      The TWLF answered the question: why should students stick their neck out for the cause?

    • Women’s Liberation Supports TWLF

      Women’s Liberation Supports TWLF
      –3/69–

      Berkeley's Women's Liberation Front announced their support for twLF

  • 3. The Conservative Counterreaction: Policing and Paternalism (1969)

    • ASUC Senate Supports Demands, Not Strike

      ASUC Senate Supports Demands, Not Strike
      –1/24/1969–

      To understand that efficacy over one's life is at stake, not specific bureaucratic demands.

    • “A True WASP” Responds to Strikers

      “A True WASP” Responds to Strikers
      –1/30/1969–

      A failure to understand the true meaning of self-determination.

    • Chancellor Heyns on the State of Emergency

      Chancellor Heyns on the State of Emergency
      –02/5/1969–

      A crucial moment: Chancellor Heyns asked Governor Reagan to declare a 'state of emergency' and bring in police from elsewhere

    • Campus in Clouds of Tear Gas

      Campus in Clouds of Tear Gas
      –2/1969–

      Police turned the Cal campus into a militarized war zone

    • Police Arrest Striker

      Police Arrest Striker
      –03/1969–

      Cops arresting a TWLF striker on Sproul

    • Chancellor Heyns to Academic Senate

      Chancellor Heyns to Academic Senate
      –3/4/1969–

      Heyns lambasted the strike and argued for an Ethnic Studies unit bound by university protocols

    • Faculty at UC Berkeley Votes for Ethnic Studies Department

      Faculty at UC Berkeley Votes for Ethnic Studies Department
      –3/6/1969–

      Cal faculty voted for an Ethnic Studies department—not a Third World College

    • Gas Over Berkeley

      Gas Over Berkeley
      –3/7/1969–

      The Barb on "Reagan's robots" and some confusion within the TWLF after the Berkeley Faculty vote

    • Moratorium?

      Moratorium?
      –3/14/1969–

      Uncertainty hovered over the TWLF as its leadership attempted to negotiate with Chancellor Heyns

  • 4. The Vision: Building a Revolutionary Curriculum (1969-1970)

    • Black Studies Proposal

      Black Studies Proposal
      –Spring 1968–

      The proposal which inspired and laid the groundwork for the Third World College

    • Third World College Proposal

      Third World College Proposal
      –3/1969–

      The goal of a detailed plan for a Third World College: radical education out of the radical imagination

    • Asian Studies Proposal

      Asian Studies Proposal
      –1969–

      "The roots of the Asian-American lie in Asia. A knowledge of history is essential; most pertinent is history involving Western man."

    • Chicano Studies Proposal

      Chicano Studies Proposal
      –1969–

      "The present needs of the Chicano must be met in such a way to...sustain self confidence and provide a feeling of acceptance on the student's terms."

    • Native American Studies Proposal

      Native American Studies Proposal
      –1969–

      "To a considerable degree all who reside in the United States have been 'Indianized' while at the same time, of course, Indians have become 'Europeanized.'"

    • Asian American Political Alliance Central Committee

      Asian American Political Alliance Central Committee
      –9/9/1969–

      A questionnaire suggests how the twLF struggle was about more than a course of study

  • 5. Negotiating Humanity: What We Won & Lost (1969-1974)

    • Afro-American Studies Proposal

      Afro-American Studies Proposal
      –1969 –

      The proposal that lead to the creation of the Afro-American Studies Department in the College of Letters in Science

    • twLF Negotiation Notes

      twLF Negotiation Notes
      –2/1969–

      The strategy for negotiations with the University

    • Faculty at UC Berkeley Votes for Ethnic Studies Department

      Faculty at UC Berkeley Votes for Ethnic Studies Department
      –3/6/1969–

      Cal faculty voted for an Ethnic Studies department—not a Third World College

    • The Blood Runs Cold

      The Blood Runs Cold
      –10/10/1969–

      Seven months after the TWLF strike, black leaders reflected on the gains of the struggle and its future

    • Asian Studies Program Summary

      Asian Studies Program Summary
      –1971–

      "It is indeed a minor miracle the Division has survived its first year."

    • Bowker Bumsout Blacks

      Bowker Bumsout Blacks
      –1/29/1972–

      When the Cal administration installed its own chair of Afro-American Studies, dissenters went to the Rainbow Sign to strategize

    • Keep Black Studies in Ethnic Studies!

      Keep Black Studies in Ethnic Studies!
      –11/11/1974–

      The struggle to halt the divide & conquer strategy of the University.

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