The Berkeley Revolution

A digital archive of the East Bay's transformation in the late-1960s & 1970s

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Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar


Mary Ann Pollar

Date: 1980s

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Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar, 1980s. Courtesy of Electra Price.


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Mary Ann Pollar, activist and impresario

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  • Founder of Rainbow Sign

    • Mary Ann Pollar Photograph

      Mary Ann Pollar Photograph
      –1970s–

      Young, gifted and black

    • Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar

      Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar
      –1970s–

      Ever stylish

    • Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar, Henry Pollar and Mary Jane Johnson

      Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar, Henry Pollar and Mary Jane Johnson
      –August 1971–

      Kinship and camaraderie

    • Bill Smallwood on Mary Ann Pollar

      Bill Smallwood on Mary Ann Pollar
      –11/4/1971–

      Mary Ann Pollar made an Oakland Post columnist want to "run up a flag signifying, Right On!"

    • Mary Ann Pollar at the Rainbow Sign

      Mary Ann Pollar at the Rainbow Sign
      –c. 1972–

      Rainbow empress-ario

    • Mary Ann Pollar at Summer Art Sale

      Mary Ann Pollar at Summer Art Sale
      –June 1972–

      Black art for all

    • Memo to You from Mary Ann Pollar

      Memo to You from Mary Ann Pollar
      –August 1972–

      Pollar posed the question: "If Black people got together, what songs would they sing?"

    • Mary Ann Pollar and Herman Kofi Bailey

      Mary Ann Pollar and Herman Kofi Bailey
      –September 1972–

      Radical joy

    • The Rainbow Sign Can Use Some Help

      The Rainbow Sign Can Use Some Help
      –4/18/1975–

      With Nina Simone's help, Mary Ann Pollar clarified the Rainbow Sign's educational mission

    • Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar

      Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar
      –1980s–

      Still smiling in color


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