History from the Voices of Activists Who Defined the 1960s

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 29, 2016

Clara Bingham's latest book, Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul, weaves together 100 original interviews with former activists, organizers, and radicals into a comprehensive oral history of the politics and culture of the late 1960s.

 

You can also listen to excerpts from some of Clara Bingham's interviews for Witness to the Revolution on her website!

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