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Description
Community activist, champion of underdogs and labor rights; professor, Social Work, San Francisco State University; describes posts with Avalon-Carver Community Center, Los Angeles; Center for Community Development, Fresno; and National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), Washington, D.C.; Administrative Director, NWRO, 1967-1970; analyzes techniques of successful community organizing; recalls Cesar Chavez, Saul Alinsky, and George A. Wiley; hired at SFSU, 1970; President California Faculty Association at San Francisco State University and important local and state faculty union leader, 1980s and 1990s.
Type
sound
Format
Master Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
7 Tapes of 7
Identifier
Oral History Collection csfst_000025_t1; csfst_000025_t2; csfst_000025_t3; csfst_000025_t4; csfst_000025_t5; csfst_000025_t6; csfst_000025_t7
Language
English
Subject
Community organization--California Labor leaders--California Labor unions--California--History Political activists--California--Interviews Political activists--California--San Francisco--Interviews Political participation--California San Francisco State College--Faculty--Interviews San Francisco State College--Faculty--Political activity Teachers' unions--California Avalon-Carter Community Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) California Faculty Association National Welfare Rights Organization (U.S.)
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.) San Francisco (Calif.)
Provenance
Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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