Overview

Bill Ayers was born into privilege and is today a highly respected educator. In the late 1960s he was a young pacifist who helped to found one of the most radical political organizations in U.S. history, the Weather Underground. In a new era of antiwar activism and suppression of protest, his story, Fugitive Days, is more poignant and relevant than ever.

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[Ayers's] memoir is a breath of fresh air in this self-absorbed age. Ayers discusses his reservations about the use of violence to achieve an end to violence (reservations he held then as well), but he is unrepentant in believing that . . . right-minded people have an obligation to resist unjust wars. . . . There are many lessons still to be learned from such narratives. Recommended.--David Keymer, @lt;i@gt;Library Journal@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; [A] gripping and provocative story . . . What is most remarkable about this dramatic and revelatory personal and social history are the always urgent questions it raises about compassion and freedom, responsibility and community, and the conundrum of how to bring about much-needed change. --@lt;i@gt;Booklist@lt;/i@gt;, starred review@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; A challenging, moving, and troubling account . . . Ayers writes well, lyrically, passionately. --Andrea Behr, @lt;i@gt;San Francisco Chronicle@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; A memoir that

A fascinating memoir...distinct, original. ( The Washington Post Book World ) Ayers' powerful, morally charged account of a life and a society in the political balance is provocative reading. ( Chicago Tribune )

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Bill Ayers is the author of the acclaimed and controversial memoir Fugitive Days, its follow up Public Enemy, and many books on education, including To Teach, Teaching Toward Freedom, and A Kind and Just Parent. He is the founder of the Small Schools Workshop and was, until his retirement, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He lives in Hyde Park, Chicago.

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