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