May 11, 1968: 55 years ago, May 11 1968, Black housewives organized by the Blacks For [...]
55 years ago, May 11 1968, Black housewives organized by the Blacks For Justice Committee led a boycott of Oakland’s Housewives Market. They hoped to force the Retail Downtown Merchants Association to pressure the Oakland Police to indict the officers who killed Bobby Hutton The boycott was organized after downtown …
June 28, 1968: Activists marched through Berkeley in solidarity with French students
55 years ago, June 28 1968, activists marched through Berkeley in solidarity with the recent “May ‘68” revolt of French students and workers. Police attacked the march, leading to six days of demonstrations and riots in the South Campus area The march was organized by the Young Socialist Alliance, the …
September 13, 1968: Berkeley Naval ROTC Office Bombed
September 13 1968, a black powder bomb ripped through the Naval ROTC office on the UC Berkeley campus. This was just one of a number of attacks on the building that same year. Radical newspaper the Berkeley Barb responded with the headline “Berkeley Bombs Can Do Better.
October 13, 1968: 53 years ago, Oct 12 1968, the GI's & Vets March for Peace brought [...]
53 years ago, Oct 12 1968, the GI’s & Vets March for Peace brought over 15,000 people, including nearly 500 active duty GI’s, into the streets of San Francisco to march from the Panhandle to Civic Center where a massive rally was held 200 active GI’s led the march, followed …
October 14, 1968: 53 years ago, Oct 14 1968, 27 prisoners at the Presidio stockade in San [...]
53 years ago, Oct 14 1968, 27 prisoners at the Presidio stockade in San Francisco took part in a sit-down demonstration to voice their grievances about the horrific conditions at the military prison. The Presidio mutiny resulted in one the longest courts-martial in U.S. history Stuffed into dilapidated cellblocks, the …