Jack Weinberg
| Jack Weinberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 4, 1940 Buffalo, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (B.A. in Mathematics, 1963)) |
| Occupation | Environmental consultant |
| Known for | Free Speech Movement, environmental activism |
| Spouse(s) | Valerie Denney |
Jack Weinberg (born April 4, 1940) is an environmental activist and former New Left activist who is best known for his role in the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964.
Weinberg was born in Buffalo, New York on April 4, 1940, and grew up there. His father owned a small jewelry business in Buffalo.
He began college at the University of Buffalo. At the age of 21 he transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in mathematics. He graduated in January 1963 "with great distinction".
In the spring semester 1963, Weinberg continued at Berkeley as a graduate student in the mathematics department. He worked as a Teaching Assistant, teaching undergraduates who were taking large-lecture math courses.
Weinberg's first participation in a political organization occurred in 1963, by joining the Berkeley chapter of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality).
Weinberg spent the summer of 1963 traveling in the South visiting civil rights groups. He returned to Berkeley and began his second semester of grad school in the fall of 1963 but then withdrew mid-semester to devote himself full-time to civil rights activities. He became the head of Campus CORE.
Weinberg remained in the Bay Area throughout the summer of 1964.
In the fall semester of 1964, Weinberg was engaged in student activism at the University of California, Berkeley. On Thursday October 1, 1964, Weinberg was sitting at the CORE table in Sproul Plaza. He refused to show his identification to the campus police and was arrested at noon for violating the University’s new rules regarding student political activism. There was a spontaneous movement of students to surround the police car in which he was to be transported. They sat on the ground around the police car, preventing it from moving.
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