At Berkeley in the Sixties [[electronic resource] ] : The Making of an Activist

• Autore: Freeman Jo J
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.79467
• Soggetto topico: College students; College students - California - Berkeley - Political activity - History; Freeman, Jo; History; Political activity; Student movements
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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 Courts22 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 Rules53 The State Legislature; 54 Graduation; 55 The FBI Files; 56 Aftermath, Afterword, and Afterthoughts; Notes; References and Sources; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a memoir and a history of Berkeley in the early Sixties. As a young undergraduate, Jo Freeman was a key participant in the growth of social activism at the University of California, Berkeley. The story is told with the ""you are there"" immediacy of Freeman the undergraduate but is put into historical and political context by Freeman the scholar, 35 years later. It draws heavily on documents created at the time -- letters, reports, interviews, memos, newspaper stories, FBI files -- but is
• Titolo autorizzato: At Berkeley in the Sixties
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450334903321
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