March 22, 1969: 55 years ago, March 21 1969, after over a year of protest and stalled [...]
55 years ago, March 21 1969, after over a year of protest and stalled negotiations the Mills College Black Student Union held a rally in front of Mills Hall, marched inside and occupied the college president’s office to demand the creation of an ethnic studies department at Mills Over 300 …
March 30, 1969: 55 years ago, March 30 1969, the San Francisco Police Department murdered [...]
55 years ago, March 30 1969, the San Francisco Police Department murdered Black 19-year-old Alvert Joe Linthcome. The Black Panther Party and other groups organized a community “Black Ribbon Inquest,” calling for the arrest or execution of the police responsible Linthcome and a friend were driving around Hunters Point in …
April 7, 1969: 55 years ago, April 6 1969, 10,000 anti-war protesters marched to the [...]
55 years ago, April 6 1969, 10,000 anti-war protesters marched to the Presidio Army installation in San Francisco, where they clashed with military police, 13 of whom were reportedly injured
April 16, 1969: 52 years ago, 19-year-old Maoist Chris Milton refused induction into the [...]
52 years ago, 19-year-old Maoist Chris Milton refused induction into the Army at the Oakland Induction Center. The “Chris Milton Offense Committee” held a support rally, which was also the first public appearance of the new Bay Area Revolutionary Union, of which he was a member Milton’s father David was …
April 18, 1969: 55 years ago, April 18 1969, the Berkeley Barb published a notice by [...]
55 years ago, April 18 1969, the Berkeley Barb published a notice by “Robin Hood’s Park Commissioner” calling readers to come to a UC-owned vacant lot between Dwight & Haste that Sunday, where “a park will be built.” Robin Hood’s Park was immediately renamed People’s Park Robin Hood’s Park Commissioner …