Calisphere, a gold mine of primary sources on-line
Last year, around the start of school, we noted the debut of Calisphere, a wonderful resource for California students that publishes a wealth of primary source materials on California history and culture. In their own words:
The web site has grown and evolved in the ensuing year. I encourage you to visiit the site and browse its collections. For a limited time, they are offering free posters. Check it out.
The image on the right is from the site and documents a CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) picket on the sidewalk in from of 555 Franklin, taken in 1962. Interesting how the struggle for racial equality continues, even if the parameters of the debate are completely changed.
Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Calisphere's content has been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations.
The image on the right is from the site and documents a CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) picket on the sidewalk in from of 555 Franklin, taken in 1962. Interesting how the struggle for racial equality continues, even if the parameters of the debate are completely changed.
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The image is pretty ironic today, given that though those protesters actually got their way in terms of public policy, they were defeated by the unintended consequences of their zealotry.
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