Red Tide LA

Material from Bright’s activism during her high school career at University High School and early college career in California. Documents detail Bright’s work in various organizations, the International Socialists, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, and the Red Tide, that each contributed to the feminist, labor, civil rights, and anti-war movements. Material also covers Bright’s experience as a plaintiff suing the Los Angeles Board of Education when University High School administration attempted to prevent the distribution of the Red Tide underground newspaper. This series also includes scripts and drafts of Bright’s first plays “Girls Gone Bad” and “Knife, Paper, Scissors.”