At Berkeley in the sixties

Name: At Berkeley in the sixties
ISBN: 9780253342836

the education of an activist, 1961-1965

by Jo Freeman

4/5

Qaabka: 358 bogag
Marka hore la daabacay: 2004
Daabacayaasha: Indiana University Press
Maadooyin: Freeman·Jo·University of california·Berkeley·History·College students·California·Berkeley·Political activity·History·Student movements·California·Berkeley·History
Luuqad: English

As a survivor of the Sixties who is herself doing research for a book on another aspect of that tumultuous decade, I was very impressed with how Freeman was able to combine personal experience with scholarly research. The Free Speech Movement was tremendously important because it was the first wave in the rise to political power of the baby boomer generation (though the term, baby boomer, was itself not in use at the time).

Absolutely fantastic. All the events of the Free Speech movement at Berkeley told from one of the central activist's perspective, with the benefit of being told retrospectively more than thirty years later.