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The Wawona Brotherhood: The San Jose State Campus Revolt
In 1969, Mr. Fitzgerald led the
winning
campaign that made history
in the state of California by mobilizing baby boomers on the San Jose
State campus to elect the first African-American campus student body
president in the state university system. In addition, he was
instrumental in desegregating off-campus student housing in San Jose.
Furthermore, Mr. Fitzgerald collaborated with leading campus figures to
create a new governing system on the San Jose State campus.
In Fitzgerald's youth he was an avid rock climber. He discusses these experiences in his book, because they helped him cope with life. What People are Saying “As an era of
social justice, these were hard times, and they were exciting times.
But most of all, they were good times because students were actively
shouting out their concerns (Maybe one day soon, we will return to such
a period of active social justice).”
—Wiggsy Sivertsen, SJSU 60’s faculty/ Counselor “Timothy Fitzgerald played an important, one might even say key, role. His account of the changes and of his participation in them is fascinating.” —George E. Moore, Former Chair, SJSU Academic Senate, Chair Emeritus History Dept. SJSU Order the Book "The Wawona Brotherhood: The San Jose State Campus
Revolt" is available from the following:
Amazon
(Kindle edition) You can ask your local
bookstore to order "The Wawona Brotherhood: The San Jose State Campus
Revolt."
The bookstore will need the following information: Title: The Wawona Brotherhood: The San Jose Campus Revolt Author: Timothy Fitzgerald ISBN-10: 1608600777 ISBN-13: 978-1608600779 |
As a
qualified historian, Timothy Fitzgerald authored the first volume in
his trilogy "The Wawona
Brotherhood: The San Jose State Campus Revolt" in which he chronicles
his civil eights experiences at San Jose State University during the
turbulent 1960s through the early 1970s. In his eight-year quest to
obtain his bachelor's degree, Mr. Fitzgerald battled mental illness and
poverty. Despite these obstacles, Mr. Fitzgerald was a widely
recognized student leader in the 1960s on the campus of San Jose State.