Social protest collection, 1943-1982, bulk 1960-1975

Summary

Abstract:

Contains leaflets, flyers, posters, publications and ephemera. Gathered by the Social Protest Project primarily on Sproul Plaza for the UC undergraduate library between 1969-1982, the material primarly relates to the Vietnam War and Civil Rights demonstrations although there is significant material on Black Power, political issues, the Women's movement, lesbian and gay rights, Third World issues, the Left and Right, campus labor disputes, and the movement against nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

Extent:

Number of containers: 27 cartons, 2 oversize boxes, 1 card file box Linear feet: 33.87 Microfilm copies: 101 reels : positive and negative (BNEG 3106) ; 35 mm 10 digital objects (11 images)

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Background

Scope and content:

The Social Protest Collection, 1943-1982, contains leaflets, flyers, posters, publications, and miscellaneous ephemera. Gathered by the Social Protest Project on Sproul Plaza for the University of California Berkeley undergraduate library during the years 1969-1982, the material primarily relates to the Vietnam War and Civil Rights demonstrations although there is significant material on Black Power, the Women's movement, lesbian and gay rights, Third World issues, the Left and Right, campus labor disputes, and the movement against nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

Biographical / historical:

The following chronology, compiled by Professor William Rorabaugh of the University of Washington, provides an overview of key protest dates in the Bay Area.

Date	Event
Mid-May 1960	Protest against House Un-American Activities Committee at San Francisco City Hall
Mar-Apr 1963	Berkeley City Election; open housing referendum
March 1964	Sheraton Palace Hotel (San Francisco) civil rights sit-in
Sep-Dec 1964	Free Speech Movement
March 1965	Filthy Speech Movement
Mid-May 1965	Vietnam Day Committee teach-in
August 1965	Berkeley troop train protests
Oct 15 1965	Vietnam Day Committee Oakland march
Nov 15 1965	Second Vietnam Day Committee Oakland march
Apr-Jun 1966	Robert Scheer Campaign for Congress
Mar-Apr 1967	Jerry Rubin Campaign for Mayor of Berkeley
Oct-Dec 1967	Anti-draft campaign, Oakland Induction Center
May-Jun 1968	Democratic Presidential Primary
Jun 28-Jul 4, 1968	Berkeley Telegraph Avenue riots 1968
Sep-Nov 1968	Eldridge Cleaver controversy
Jan-Apr 1969	Third World Liberation Front campus strike
May-Jun 1969	People's Park protest
Oct 15 1969	"The Mobe" Against the War
April 1970	Cambodian Invasion/Kent State Protests/Reconstitution of the University Crisis, Berkeley
April 1971	Radicals win three seats on Berkeley City Council

Acquisition information:

The Social Protest Collection was originally known as the Social Protest Project until 1986. The collection was gathered under the auspices of the University of California Berkeley Undergraduate Library and later transferred to the custody of the Collection Development Office. The Bancroft Library acquired the collection in 1972.

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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