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Since its formation in 1970, UC Berkeley’s African American studies department has been at the forefront of African diaspora scholarship.
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UC Berkeley’s department of ethnic studies commemorated the 50th anniversary of its founding with a two-day symposium Thursday and Friday, which included panels presented by ethnic studies scholars.
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While the Third World Liberation Front’s goal of creating an independent Third World College on campus was not realized during the height of this activist movement in 1969, the movement had resounding impact on future movements and impacted the legacy of ethnic studies on campus.
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The city of Berkeley has garnered a reputation for its progressive political change, and city officials have noted its significance on a national scale.
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Traumatic events find a way to be remembered, to shape the present in subtle or overt ways, and ethnic studies itself emerged from one such event 50 years ago.
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What renders the store unique among myriad independent bookstores in Berkeley — or even booksellers in general — is its niche focus.
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Student activists who first organized fifty years ago returned to campus Friday and Saturday to discuss the anniversary of the Third World Liberation Front.
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I was told growing up that my great-grandfather was the first member of my family to come to the United States. He arrived in 1930 after a monthlong journey by boat, first setting foot in San Francisco, just across the Bay from where his great-grandson is now pursuing a college degree.
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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Third World Liberation Front on campus, the Third World Liberation Front Research Initiative recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to secure funding for its research.
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One hundred and thirty people gathered Saturday at the campus Multicultural Community Center to commemorate the TWLF strikes that first took place in 1968 at San Francisco State University and then at UC Berkeley in 1969.
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