In this Book
- At Berkeley in the Sixties: The Making of an Activist
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: Indiana University Press
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
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iv-v
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- pp. xii-xiv
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xxiii
- 1 The Train to Berkeley
- pp. 1-6
- 3 Politics and the University
- pp. 11-14
- 5 Exploring the Political Bazaar
- pp. 22-28
- 6 The Young Democrats
- pp. 29-33
- 10 Crossing the Line
- pp. 49-53
- 11 The Speaker Ban
- pp. 53-63
- 12 The SLATE Supplement
- pp. 63-67
- 13 Fair Housing
- pp. 68-73
- 14 Mexico and Central America
- pp. 73-78
- 15 The House on Parker Street
- pp. 79-83
- 16 The Assassination of JFK
- pp. 83-84
- 17 The Bay Area Civil RightsMovement
- pp. 84-90
- 18 On Civil Disobedience
- pp. 91-94
- 19 The Sheraton-Palace
- pp. 95-100
- 20 Auto Row
- pp. 101-107
- 21 Clogging the Courts
- pp. 107-110
- 22 On Trial
- pp. 110-117
- 23 Freedom Summer
- pp. 117-121
- 24 Summer Session
- pp. 121-126
- 25 Hitchhiking
- pp. 127-132
- 26 The Democratic Convention
- pp. 132-137
- 27 New York City
- pp. 137-140
- 28 First Week of the Fall Semester
- pp. 140-144
- 29 Eviction!
- pp. 144-151
- 30 Who Done It?
- pp. 151-153
- 31 Capturing the Car
- pp. 153-158
- 32 Strongwalled
- pp. 158-160
- 33 The October 2nd Pact
- pp. 160-169
- 34 The FSM Is Born
- pp. 169-174
- 35 Sparring
- pp. 174-177
- 37 Escalation
- pp. 182-184
- 38 The “Right Wing” Revolt
- pp. 184-189
- 39 The Secret Negotiations
- pp. 190-192
- 40 Changes
- pp. 193-194
- 41 Mutual Misconceptions
- pp. 194-198
- 42 The Heyman Committee Report
- pp. 199-200
- 43 The Regents Meet
- pp. 201-203
- 44 The Abortive Sit-In
- pp. 203-206
- 45 Resurrection
- pp. 206-208
- 46 The Real Sit-In
- pp. 209-213
- 47 Strike!
- pp. 213-219
- 48 Victory
- pp. 219-224
- 49 Intermission
- pp. 224-230
- 51 The Trial
- pp. 237-244
- 52 On Regents and Rules
- pp. 244-250
- 53 The State Legislature
- pp. 251-255
- 54 Graduation
- pp. 256-261
- 55 The FBI Files
- pp. 261-268
- 56 Aftermath, Afterword,and Afterthoughts
- pp. 269-286
- References and Sources
- pp. 329-343
- Index, About the Author
- pp. 345-358