POLITICS AND PROTEST:  CALIFORNIA IN THE 1960s AND 1970s

I.   Introduction

II.  Growing Tensions in the 1950s

A.  Decade of Conformity
B.  The Other America
        1.  poverty and discrimination
        2.  Governor Pat Brown's "responsible liberalism"

III.  African Americans in the Sixties

A.  Poverty and Segregation
        1.  urban concentration
        2.  restrictive covenants
                a.  Rumford Act (1963)
                b.  Proposition 14 (1964)
B.  Watts Riots (august, 1965)
C.  Black Radicalism
                1.  cultural nationalism
                2.  black separatism
                3.  Black panthers

IV.  The Youth Rebellion

A.  Idealism of a New Generation
B.  Free Speech Movement in Berkeley
C.  Antiwar Protests

V.  Voter Revolt I

A.  The Rise of Ronald Reagan
B.  Mr. Reagan Goes to Sacramento
        1.  Government cuts
        2.  welfare reform
        3.  tax reduction
C.  Reagan's Legacy

VI.  Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.

A.  Governor "Moonbeam"
        1.  conservative on taxes and spending
        2.  liberal on social issues
B.  Economic Problems
        1.  inflation
        2.  recession

VII.  Voter Revolt II

A.  Property Values and Taxes
B.  Proposition 13
C.  Aftermath of Proposition 13

VIII.  Conclusion:  An Era of Limits