At Berkeley in the sixties : the education of an activist, 1961-1965 / / Jo Freeman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809139503321
• Autore: Freeman Jo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 pages)
• Disciplina: 378.794/67
• Soggetti: College students - California - Berkeley - Political activity - History; Student movements - California - Berkeley - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-343) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of Illustrations; A Note on Nomenclature; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 The Train to Berkeley; 2 Cal; 3 Politics and the University; 4 SLATE; 5 Exploring the Political Bazaar; 6 The Young Democrats; 7 Student; 8 Protest; 9 Summer Vacation in Washington, D.C.; 10 Crossing the Line; 11 The Speaker Ban; 12 The SLATE Supplement; 13 Fair Housing; 14 Mexico and Central America; 15 The House on Parker Street; 16 The Assassination of JFK; 17 The Bay Area Civil Rights Movement; 18 On Civil Disobedience; 19 The Sheraton-Palace; 20 Auto Row; 21 Clogging the Courts 22 On Trial; 23 Freedom Summer; 24 Summer Session; 25 Hitchhiking; 26 The Democratic Convention; 27 New York City; 28 First Week of the Fall Semester; 29 Eviction!; 30 Who Done It?; 31 Capturing the Car; 32 Strongwalled; 33 The October 2nd Pact; 34 The FSM Is Born; 35 Sparring; 36 Energy; 37 Escalation; 38 The "Right Wing" Revolt; 39 The Secret Negotiations; 40 Changes; 41 Mutual Misconceptions; 42 The Heyman Committee Report; 43 The Regents Meet; 44 The Abortive Sit-In; 45 Resurrection; 46 The Real Sit-In; 47 Strike!; 48 Victory; 49 Intermission; 50 FUCK; 51 The Trial; 52 On Regents and Rules 53 The State Legislature; 54 Graduation; 55 The FBI Files; 56 Aftermath, Afterword, and Afterthoughts; Notes; References and Sources; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: In At Berkeley in the '60s, Jo Freeman argues that the stage for campus radicalism of the sixties was set by the repressive climate of ; McCarthyism that permeated American society in the 1950s. Skillfully laying the historical foundation, she argues that Berkeley in the sixties began in the 1930s when rules were laid down prohibiting political activity in order to protect the university against charges of Communist influence. These rules were later used to justify the suppression of all political activity and advocacy inside the campus boundaries.