William Ayers

BILL AYERS discusses Fugitive Days: A Memoir.; BERNADINE DOHRN discusses Race Course Against White Supremacy.

Now a distinguished professor of education at the University of IllinoisFugitive_Days, Chicago, Bill Ayers was also a 60’s-era political activist and radical leader of the Weather Underground. Joining him is his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, a fellow Vietnam-era reformer, today the director of the Children and Family Law Justice Center and a clinical associate professor of law at Northwestern University. Their book, Race Course Against White Supremacy, debates the lingering legacy of white supremacy on our political life. Join us for a thought-provoking evening. Their books Race Course Against White Supremacy and Fugitive Days will be discussed. (bookjones)… (more)

William Ayers

A contemporary companion to City Kids, City Teachers , this new collection has been compiled by four of the country’s most prominent urban educators. Young people and practicing teachers, poets and scholars, social critics and journalists offer unique takes on topics ranging from culturally relevant teaching and scripted curricula to the criminalization of youth, gentrification, and the inequities of school funding. Co-editor Mitchie, and contributors Monique Redeaux, Katie Hogan, Lisa Espinosa, Janice Hurtig and Pauline Lipman will participate in this reading and discussion. (booksense)… (more)