AADL Talks To: Bill Ayers
Bill Ayers is a retired Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. During his time in Ann Arbor during the 1960s, he served as director of Ann Arbor's experimental Children's Community School; Education Secretary for the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); and co-founder of the militant Weather Underground organization, which originated in Ann Arbor in 1969 as a far left-wing revolutionary party.
Ayers traces the path of his political awakening from wide-eyed college freshman to seasoned student organizer and educator. He reflects on the tumultuous moral dilemma he and many activists faced as the Vietnam War raged on in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He discusses the factionalism within the SDS leadership that resulted in the formation of the Weather Underground; how the strands of student activism during this turbulent time were rooted in the moral agenda outlined by Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.; and his lifelong pedagogic commitment to education.
Candace Gingrich Signs Books At Aut Bar, October 1996 Photographer: Francisco Kjolseth
Year:
1996
Ann Arbor News, October 26, 1996
Caption:
Candace Gingrich talks with customers at the /aut/ Bar in Ann Arbor Friday.
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Social Worker and Community Activist Sally Vinter
Year:
c.1980
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Activist Sally Vinter Named Social Worker of the Year, May 1976
Year:
1976
Ann Arbor News, May 20, 1976
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Ann Arbor News, June 23, 1986
Caption:
Sally Vinter...'a great inspiration'
Sally Vinter and Gail Wiemer Lead Operation Literacy Program, September 1963
Year:
1963
Ann Arbor News, October 15, 1963
Caption:
Mrs. Sally Vinter (left) and Mrs. Gail Wiemer
Le Thi Anh, June 1971 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
Year:
1971
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Ann Arbor 1960's Reunion, September 1987 Photographer: Peter Yates
Year:
1987
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Ann Arbor 1960's Reunion, September 1987 Photographer: Peter Yates
Year:
1987
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Ann Arbor 1960's Reunion, September 1987 Photographer: Peter Yates
Year:
1987
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Ann Arbor 1960's Reunion, September 1987 Photographer: Peter Yates
Year:
1987
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