January 20, 1969: 55 years ago, January 20 1969, the Black Panther Party held the first Free [...]

55 years ago, January 20 1969, the Black Panther Party held the first Free Breakfast for School Children Program at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Oakland A core element of the party’s survival programs, by March a second breakfast program began operating out of Sacred Heart Church in San Francisco. …

January 23, 1969: 55 years ago, January 22 1969, students at UC Berkeley began a three-month [...]

55 years ago, January 22 1969, students at UC Berkeley began a three-month strike. Led by the Third World Liberation Front, a coalition of Black, Mexican-American, Asian-American, and Native American student groups, the strike led to the creation of the Ethnic Studies Department Berkeley students were inspired by the then-ongoing …

February 11, 1969: 55 years ago, Feb 11 1969, a bomb exploded at the headquarters of the [...]

55 years ago, Feb 11 1969, a bomb exploded at the headquarters of the Concerned Citizens Peace Center in downtown Palo Alto. It was the second attack on the peace center within a few months and connected to a string of bombings targeting left-wing organizations in the peninsula Another bomb …

March 7, 1969: 52 years ago, Mar 7 1969, the Red Dragon Party announced its formation in [...]

52 years ago, Mar 7 1969, the Red Dragon Party announced its formation in the Berkeley Barb newspaper. The Red Dragons, who soon changed their name to the Red Guard, were a group of young working class Chinese-American revolutionaries from San Francisco’s Chinatown The Party was formed out of a …

March 8, 1969: 55 years ago, March 7 1969, the Red Dragon Party announced its formation [...]

55 years ago, March 7 1969, the Red Dragon Party announced its formation in the Berkeley Barb newspaper. The Red Dragons, who soon changed their name to the Red Guard, were a group of young working class Chinese-American revolutionaries from San Francisco’s Chinatown The Party was formed out of a …