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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Documents Tagged ‘welfare rights movement’
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
Welfare Recipients Revolt
Archive Entry Date: 7/10/66
Oakland's welfare rights activists joined a national fight for decent benefits
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