They ultimately achieved significant concessions for fair employment practices for African Americans in San Francisco. By Ammar Alqatari The Ad-Hoc Committee to End Discrimination played an instrumental role in the organization of the San Francisco civil rights movement during 1963-64. The group, formed mostly by young members of the Du Bois Clubs, organized and lead[…]
The story of the DSEU helps fill in gaps on working women in the Great Depression By Michael B. Reagan Introduction On a September day in 1936, nineteen year old Marion Brown came to work at the Woolworth store on the corner of Fifth and Market in San Francisco only to discover she had been[…]
The history of the Square goes back to the city’s very beginnings. By Gregory J. Nuno Introduction Today San Francisco’s Union Square forms one of the most notable outdoor spaces in the world, functioning as a major “urban room” in the heart of downtown San Francisco. The history of the Square goes back to the[…]