At Berkeley in the Sixties

by Freeman, Jo

• ISBN13: 9780253216229
• ISBN10: 0253216222
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

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 fleshed out with retrospective analysis. As events unfold, the campus conflicts of the Sixties take on a completely different cast, one that may surprise many readers.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	x
A Note on Nomenclature	xi
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	xiii
Preface and Acknowledgments	xv
1 The Train to Berkeley	1	(5)
2 Cal	6	(5)
3 Politics and the University	11	(3)
4 SLATE	14	(8)
5 Exploring the Political Bazaar	22	(7)
6 The Young Democrats	29	(5)
7 Student	34	(5)
8 Protest	39	(7)
9 Summer Vacation in Washington, D.C.	46	(3)
10 Crossing the Line	49	(4)
11 The Speaker Ban	53	(10)
12 The SLATE Supplement	63	(5)
13 Fair Housing	68	(5)
14 Mexico and Central America	73	(6)
15 The House on Parker Street	79	(4)
16 The Assassination of JFK	83	(1)
17 The Bay Area Civil Rights Movement	84	(6)
18 On Civil Disobedience	90	(4)
19 The Sheraton-Palace	94	(7)
20 Auto Row	101	(6)
21 Clogging the Courts	107	(3)
22 On Trial	110	(7)
23 Freedom Summer	117	(4)
24 Summer Session	121	(6)
25 Hitchhiking	127	(5)
26 The Democratic Convention	132	(5)
27 New York City	137	(3)
28 First Week of the Fall Semester	140	(4)
29 Eviction!	144	(7)
30 who Done It?	151	(2)
31 Capturing the Car	153	(5)
32 Strongwalled	158	(2)
33 The October 2nd Pact	160	(9)
34 The FSM Is Born	169	(5)
35 Sparring	174	(3)
36 Energy	177	(5)
37 Escalation	182	(2)
38 The "Right Wing" Revolt	184	(6)
39 The Secret Negotiations	190	(3)
40 Changes	193	(1)
41 Mutual Misconceptions	194	(5)
42 The Heyman Committee Report	199	(2)
43 The Regents Meet	201	(2)
44 The Abortive Sit-In	203	(3)
45 Resurrection	206	(3)
46 The Real Sit-In	209	(4)
47 Strike!	213	(6)
48 Victory	219	(5)
49 Intermission	224	(6)
50 FUCK	230	(7)
51 The Trial	237	(7)
52 On Regents and Rules	244	(6)
53 The State Legislature	250	(6)
54 Graduation	256	(5)
55 The FBI Files	261	(8)
56 Aftermath, Afterword, and Afterthoughts	269	(18)
Notes	287	(42)
References and Sources	329	(16)
Index	345	(13)
About the Author	358