On Saturday, June 17, 2023, we lost Eugene "Gus" Newport, our friend, brother, coach, fighter for justice, bridge builder, activist organizer, connector, and beloved community ...

By Charles Idelson, Senior communications adviser, National Nurses United June 19, 2023 https://cidelson.medium.com/gus-newport-presente-8840b64ea40f

“ The peace movement was much the same struggle as the civil rights movement. You cannot separate the two. We were looking at the role ...

Berkeley’s city government had a Republican majority from its early years until 1961, when liberal candidates backed by the Berkeley Democratic Club gained control of ...



The Black Scholar Vol. 17, No. 1, BLACKS AND PEACE (January/February 1986), pp. 8-11 (4 pages) Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41068136?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

The l979-l980 City Council: The BCA/Carole Davis Majority Passing the Torch Several eras came to an end at the April 24, l979 Berkeley City Council ...

A History of Progressive Electoral Politics by David Mundstock. Remember he wrote this history in 1984-85 and never updated it. So please be tolerant of ...

This interview offers a look at Dr. Cooper’s upbringing and education in Clairton, PA, his education at Washington and Jefferson College, and his graduate work ...

This paper illustrates the intersection of the Civil Rights Movement in Rochester, NY with Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam. Drawing on newspapers, organizational ...



The collection is very extensive, containing everything from report cards at the age of twelve to surveys of Rochester city schools in the 1960’s to ...

Peace is not just the absence of war. It is also the eradication of poverty, racism, sexism, homophobia, class distinctions, fundamentalism, and other factors that ...