February 21, 1968: 56 years ago, Feb 21 1967, Betty Shabazz arrived in San Francisco for her [...]
56 years ago, Feb 21 1967, Betty Shabazz arrived in San Francisco for her first public speech since the murder of her husband Malcolm X. She was escorted by an armed phalanx of 14 men from two different new organizations, both called the Black Panther Party Shabazz had been invited …
March 7, 1968: 56 years ago, March 6 1968, Buddy Clark and Richard Kunst, of antiwar [...]
56 years ago, March 6 1968, Buddy Clark and Richard Kunst, of antiwar group The Resistance, refused induction at the military’s Oakland Induction Center. After passing out his statement, Clark was beaten by 4 inductees in the toilet of the bus from Santa Rosa to Oakland In Oakland, Clark and …
March 10, 1968: 56 years ago, March 9 1968, the Peace and Freedom Movement inaugurated the [...]
56 years ago, March 9 1968, the Peace and Freedom Movement inaugurated the “Freedom Festival Week” with a parade of ten thousand people marching from the Peace and Freedom Party HQ at 55 Colton St, weaving through the Haight, out to the Polo Grounds of Golden Gate Park The march …
April 3, 1968: 56 years ago, April 3 1968, heavily armed Oakland police demanded entry [...]
56 years ago, April 3 1968, heavily armed Oakland police demanded entry into St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, where the Black Panther Party was holding a meeting, claiming reports of a gunman in the area. After a tense standoff, Father Earl Neil refused the police entry Earl Neil was ordained as …
April 3, 1968: 56 years ago, Apr 3 1968, 150 young men publicly violated draft laws in [...]
56 years ago, Apr 3 1968, 150 young men publicly violated draft laws in front of San Francisco’s Federal Building. The event, organized by anti-war group The Resistance, was witnessed and cheered on by a crowd of thousands In order to break the law as flagrantly as possible, the draft …