March 7, 1964: 60 years ago, March 7 1964, the Ad Hoc Committee to End Discrimination won [...]
60 years ago, March 7 1964, the Ad Hoc Committee to End Discrimination won a major victory against the SF Hotel Employers Association. After a 20-hour sit-in at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel, which saw 167 demonstrators jailed, the Association agreed to hire non-white workers The Ad Hocs were formed by members …
March 14, 1964: 60 years ago, March 14 1964, 107 civil rights demonstrators were arrested [...]
60 years ago, March 14 1964, 107 civil rights demonstrators were arrested at the Cadillac Showroom on San Francisco’s auto row in an action, organized by the Ad Hoc Committee to End Discrimination, against auto row employers’ refusal to hire Black workers After a month of sustained action, an agreement …
May 17, 1964: 60 years ago, May 16 1964, eleven pacifist activists were arrested while [...]
60 years ago, May 16 1964, eleven pacifist activists were arrested while picketing the Lombard Street gate of the Presidio. Protesters gave speeches and handed out pamphlets denouncing the observance of Armed Forces Day as their children climbed atop and played on a tank
May 18, 1964: 57 years ago, May 17 1964, 5000 people gathered in San Francisco's Golden [...]
57 years ago, May 17 1964, 5000 people gathered in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park to protest a proposed freeway which would have cut through the park’s panhandle. Later that year, the Golden Gate Freeway was successfully defeated The event featured a speech by Kenneth Rexroth and music by Malvina …
October 2, 1964: 57 years ago, Oct 1 1964, 3000 UC Berkeley students swarmed a police car [...]
57 years ago, Oct 1 1964, 3000 UC Berkeley students swarmed a police car that was attempting to arrest Campus CORE leader Jack Weinberg, making speeches and preventing the vehicle from moving for 32 hours. The incident dramatically escalated the nascent Free Speech Movement Weinberg, a recent graduate, was arrested …