THE WHOLE WORLD'S WATCHING:
Peace and Social Justice Movements of the 1960s and 1970s
A marvellously evocative presentation of a stirring, complex,
colorful era^which, overall, helped to civilize the society and
culture dramatically.^
^Noam Chomsky
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING brings the Sixties and Seventies
alive^.The photos are strikingly dramatic ^The essays are short,
pungent, and wide-ranging as they recall the richness, the
cameraderie of those historic struggles for peace and justice.
^Howard Zinn, historian and author of A People's History of the
United States
"The photos and text bring forth^love and inspiration to my
heart and eyes, and inspire not only myself to continued work,
but, I hope, younger generations to come."
^Winona LaDuke, Native American activist and Green Party
candidate for U. S. Vice President, 2000
The Berkeley Art Center is proud to announce the publication of
The Whole World's Watching, an extraordinary collection of
gripping photographs combined with moving and thoughtful
commentary by 20 writers. The work documents the rich history of
the social movements of the 1960s and 1970s with a focus on the
San Francisco Bay Area. Distinguished writers explore the rise
of the Black Panthers, the Free-Speech and Anti-war movements,
feminism, disability rights, environmental activism, the
struggle for gay rights, Csar Chavez and the United Farm
Workers, the American Indian Movement's occupation of Alcatraz
and the cultural milieu of the era.
The book includes over 50 handsome duotone photographs taken by
nearly 30 noted photographers including Jeffrey Blankfort, Nacio
Jan Brown, Cathy Cade, Bob Fitch, Robert Hsiang, Ken Light,
Richard Misrach, Stephen Shames, Michelle Vignes and Douglas
Wachter among others. Powerful essays honor both the larger
story and the individual participants of these movements who had
the courage and vision to change history. Pulitzer prize-winning
historian Leon Litwack is among the distinguished contributors
to the text. Other notable essayists include Clayborne Carson,
historian and editor of the Martin Luther King Jr. papers at
Stanford University, actor Peter Coyote and feminist scholar,
Ruth Rosen.
The book accompanies a compelling exhibition of 100 photographs
which opened at the Berkeley Art Center September 16, 2001 and
will travel throughout 2002 and 2003. By examining the
organizations and events that arose in California during this
tumultuous period in U.S. history the Berkeley Art Center
provides us with a living memory of this important and dramatic
era.
For libraries, schools and anyone who lived through those times
or wants to know more about them.
Berkeley Art Center
1275 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
Phone: 510-644-6893 FAX 510-540-0343
www.berkeleyartcenter.org email:berkeleyartc@earthlink.net
THE WHOLE WORLD'S WATCHING:
Peace and Social Justice Movements of the 1960s and 1970s
9 x 12, 160 pages, 50 duotone photographs.
Individual books may be ordered from the Berkeley Art Center at $24.95
paper/$59.95 hardback. Discounts are available for multiple copies.
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