Reminiscences of David Gilbert : oral history, 1985
Abstract
Origins of political consciousness in suburbs of Boston; early reaction to civil rights struggle and conflict in Vietnam; reactions to social milieu of New York in general and Columbia University in particular; involvement with Congress of Racial Equality, Students for a Democratic Society and other student groups while at Columbia; extended discussion of experiences leading to transition from paci fist to agent of violent revolution; evolution, interaction, and critique of various student activist organizations; 1968 strike at Columbia; experience as member of Weather Underground revolutionary group; lengthy analysis of revolutionary theory
Revolutionaries; Students; Civil rights--United States; Student movements; Radicalism; Revolutions; African American student movements; Social history--1960-1970; Gilbert, David, 1944-; Columbia University; Congress of Racial Equality; Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
Interviewed by Ronald J. Grele on January 16, January 17, June 18, and June 19, 1985