March 24, 1982: 42 years ago, March 24 1982, three Salvadoran refugees announced their [...]
42 years ago, March 24 1982, three Salvadoran refugees announced their decision to seek sanctuary at Berkeley’s University Lutheran Chapel, inaugurating what would become the Sanctuary Movement 5 local churches adopted a “sanctuary covenant”, vowing to defy immigration law by protecting refugees from deportation. This would go on to serve …
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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 21, 1978: 46 years ago, March 21 1978, 200 law students at UC Berkeley went on [...]
46 years ago, March 21 1978, 200 law students at UC Berkeley went on strike to demand the Law School hire women and minority professors. Of the 42 member faculty, 39 were men and 40 were white. The students also demanded an equal voice with faculty on the appointments committee