Reminiscences of David Gilbert : oral history, 1985.

Biographical Note

Political activist

Scope and Contents

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 pacifist 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

Subjects

• African American student movements.
• Civil rights--United States.
• Columbia University--Strike.
• Congress of Racial Equality.
• Gilbert, David, 1944---Interviews.
• Grele, Ronald J., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Radicalism.
• Revolutionaries--Interviews.
• Revolutions.
• Social history--1960-1970.
• Student movements.
• Students--Interviews.
• Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
• Weather Underground Organization.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1997