Documents Tagged ‘The Flatlands (Oakland newspaper)’
Reagan Aide Testifies to US Congress about The Flatlands
Archive Entry Date: 7/16/1969
The Governor's office saw The Flatlands as a case study in the terrible synergy between on-campus and off-campus radicalism
Oakland Games
Archive Entry Date: 10/18/67
A longtime community organizer raised early questions about who would benefit from the Model Cities program in Oakland
Summer: Where Does the Trouble Begin
Archive Entry Date: 6/15/1967
As the Black Panther Party mobilized against police brutality, The Flatlands assessed fears of a "long hot summer" in Richmond
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
Nowhere to Go
Archive Entry Date: 11/18/66
The Flatlands mobilized to protect longtime West Oakland residents in the crosshairs of BART development
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
S.F. Blows
Archive Entry Date: 10/8/66
The Flatlands offered extensive on-the-ground coverage of the 1966 Hunters Point uprising
Tenant Terror
Archive Entry Date: 9/24/1966
Flatlands contributors worked to save a mother and her children from eviction
Bussing No Answer for Unequal Schools
Archive Entry Date: 9/24/1966
Flatlands parents wanted more resources for their own schools, not a small one-way busing plan
The Flatlands Profiles Agnes Woods
Archive Entry Date: 8/27/1966
Agnes Woods went from PTA President to community organizer, leader of the boycott of Oakland schools, and chairman of The Flatlands editorial board
Paper Organizations: Sham Committee on Full Opportunity
Archive Entry Date: 7/16/1966
Oakland community leaders skewered Mayor Houlihan's stalling of anti-discrimination initiatives
Welfare Recipients Revolt
Archive Entry Date: 7/10/66
Oakland's welfare rights activists joined a national fight for decent benefits
The Flatlands Profiles Mr. Bill Goetz
Archive Entry Date: 7/2/1966
A member of the Flatlands editorial board, Bill Goetz had gone from orphan and vagabond to community organizer
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
The Flatlands Profiles Bill Lowe
Archive Entry Date: 5/7/1966
Disillusioned by Berkeley's failed promises, Bill Lowe devoted his life to organizing workers and the poor
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
The Poor Speak Out
Archive Entry Date: 4/9/66
A chorus of voices — black, white, Mexican-American — on their interactions with Oakland's welfare department and their landlords
Flatlands Says (editorial on the TAAC walkout)
Archive Entry Date: 3/26/66
The Flatlands stood in solidarity with those who demanded 'maximum feasible participation' by the poor