Documents Tagged ‘Welfare Rights Organization (WRO)’


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

Tenant Terror

Archive Entry Date: 9/24/1966

Flatlands contributors worked to save a mother and her children from eviction

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