Fugitive Days: A Memoir

bill ayers

The author--a famous 1960s radical--shares details of a decade spent living underground, from his days on the "ten most wanted list" to his part in breaking Timothy Leary out of jail. Reprint.

Genres memoirnonfictionpoliticshistorybiographybiography memoiractivismautobiographyamerican historyamerican

320 pages, Paperback

First published September 10,2001

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Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Published: January 28, 2003 by Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780142002551
ASIN: 0142002550
Language: English

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Bill Ayers

William Charles "Bill" Ayers (born December 26, 1944) is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He is known for his 1960s radical activism as well as his current work...

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William Charles "Bill" Ayers is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He is known for his 1960's activism as well as his current work in education reform, curriculum, and instruction. In 1969 he co-founded the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings during the 1960s and 1970s, motivated by US involvement in the Vietnam War. He is now a professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, holding the titles of Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar. During the 2008 Presidential campaign, a controversy arose over his contacts with candidate Barack Obama. He is married to Bernadine Dohrn, who was a leader in the Weather organization.