Oral history interview with Andor Skotnes, 1984

Biographical Note

Student activist

Scope and Contents

Childhood; South African immigrant family in California; early conservative political and fundamentalist religious affiliations; student activism at Long Beach State and Berkeley in the 1960s; involvement with Methodist Student Movement, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society and other activist organizations; international student movement; five years as machinist and member of Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union; history of various activist organizations; discussion of activist theory

Subjects

• Eynon, Bret, interviewer.
• Grele, Ronald J., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Labor unions--Officials and employees.
• Methodist Church (U.S.)
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Radicalism.
• Skotnes, Andor--Interviews.
• Social history--1960-1970.
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
• Student movements.
• Students--Interviews.
• Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)

Access Conditions

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