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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Nacio Jan Brown at Berkeley’s Journalism School
Archive Entry Date: 9/2012
The photographer speaks about his career and Rag Theater
Portrait of Kathy Delacour
Archive Entry Date: c. 1973
"People were just drawn to her"
A Rooftop View
Archive Entry Date: c. 1973
In the aftermath of a Telegraph Ave protest, the crowd disperses
A Troubling Smile
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
An older man lifting up a woman's shirt, in a jumbled-up moment on the Ave
An Arm with a Grim Reaper Tattoo
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
Death, taking a hit
Three Card Molly on Telegraph Ave
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
In a card game, street hustle and performance art
Portrait of Liane Chu
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
Liane, the "hippie daughter," did not dress to please her parents — though they later came to understand the changes afoot
Woman Under an Awning
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
A haunting look, caught in shadow
A Moment Stolen from Reading Together
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
Looking up from an underground comic
Street Scene Across from Moe’s Books
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
An image that asks the eye to roam over it
Girl Rolling Joint
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
A moment in the churn of Telegraph Avenue life
Young Woman with Dog
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
On the street, with a dog nestling at her feet
Three Friends Outside Rag Theatre
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
An abbreviated moment of dress-up and dreaming
Rachel Krech with Her Dog on the Avenue
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
A beguiling photograph of childhood play on Telegraph
Huey Newton Released from Prison
Archive Entry Date: 8/5/1970
When Huey Newton's manslaughter conviction was reversed, supporters held a rally upon his release
The View from the Street
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
From Nacio Jan Brown, a dog's eye view of Telegraph
Street Vendors on Telegraph
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
In a photo, a window onto the handicrafts revolution
On the Avenue
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
The Telegraph Avenue scene in black and white
Two Kids Cruising Down Telegraph on Bicycle
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
Two ways of living on the Ave -- on the move, and planted in place
A Pair on the Stage of “Rag Theater”
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
Flanked by a middle finger and question marks
The Street Scene Outside Rag Theatre
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
The motion and life of Telegraph Avenue, in a photograph jammed with contrasts
Girl with Egg
Archive Entry Date: c. 1969
The portrait that helped 'Rag Theater' click into place
Pigs Get Press, Press Press Back
Archive Entry Date: 5/30/1969
The photographer Nacio Jan Brown found himself at the center of the story
Helicopter Drops Tear Gas on Sproul Plaza
Archive Entry Date: 5/20/1969
A helicopter spraying tear gas on demonstrators on the Cal campus
James Rector, Wounded on the Roof of Granma Books
Archive Entry Date: 5/15/1969
During a protest over People's Park, police shot indiscriminately at Telegraph Avenue rooftops
A Telegraph Avenue Bust
Archive Entry Date: c. 1969
The hammer comes down on a long-haired denizen of the Avenue
Sunrise at the Oakland Army Induction Center
Archive Entry Date: 10/1967
One of Nacio Jan Brown's favorite photographs: capturing a tense moment in an antiwar protest