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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Ollie’s
Archive Entry Date: 6/83
Pacific Center acted as a mediator when a gay-friendly business was accused of classism and racism
“I Want to Help My People Be Free”
Archive Entry Date: 6/19/1976
1976 OCS graduates reflect on the past and future, and highlight the importance of Black liberation
East Bay Gay Will Counsel Gays
Archive Entry Date: 7/20/73
East Bay Gay expands service to include free counseling sessions
The Samuel L. Napier Intercommunal Youth Institute
Archive Entry Date: 1971
Students at the IYI were encouraged to criticize the school and help plan curriculum
Against the Gay Bars: The White Horse Protest
Archive Entry Date: 10/1970
The owners of the White Horse bar in Oakland and the editors of Gay Sunshine come in conflict
Gay Sunshine
Archive Entry Date: 8/1970
A radical newspaper for the Gay Liberation Front, based in Berkeley
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
TRAP: New Leader in Oakland?
Archive Entry Date: 1/1/1967
The Flatlands was pushing, with impressive success, for real "maximal participation of the poor" in anti-poverty programs
Flatlands Attacked at School Board Meeting
Archive Entry Date: 11/5/66
Tensions flare as boycott organizers are accused of 'conspiracy'
Corporation of the Poor: Chance for Unity
Archive Entry Date: 11/5/66
Flatlands organizers rejuvenate, strategize at wooded retreat
The Spark
Archive Entry Date: 10/22/66
The 'spark' of unrest at Castlemont High was police beating of a black female teen, The Flatlands reported
OEDC’s New Power Base
Archive Entry Date: 6/5/66
The flatlands, as a region, were successfully demanding to be represented in the planning of the local War on Poverty
Statements to the California Advisory Commission of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Archive Entry Date: 6/5/66
In the wake of Watts, Flatlands contributors spoke on police abuses to a Civil Rights Commission
Luther Smith vs the DA
Archive Entry Date: 5/7/1966
A radical Oakland attorney provides insights into a case of police brutality in Oakland
JOBART Meets the Governor
Archive Entry Date: 4/23/66
Governor Brown criticized for inattention to community concerns re: BART
Luther Smith protest rally flyer
Archive Entry Date: 04/67
Flatlands contributors joined with the Robert Scheer campaign in protesting a scandalous case of police brutality