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
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Nacio Jan Brown, photographer
Mary Ann Pollar, activist and impresario
PLACES
Telegraph Avenue
The Keystone
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Documents Tagged ‘War on Poverty’
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
Corporation of the Poor: Chance for Unity
Archive Entry Date: 11/5/66
Flatlands organizers rejuvenate, strategize at wooded retreat
Welfare Recipients Revolt
Archive Entry Date: 7/10/66
Oakland's welfare rights activists joined a national fight for decent benefits
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
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