Reminiscences of Richard Flacks : oral history, 1988.

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Reminiscences of Richard Flacks : oral history, 1988.

Recollections of Allard Lowenstein; involvement in civil rights movement; perceptions of Lowenstein by Students for a Democratic Society and Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee activists; connection between National Student Association and Students for a Democratic Society; anti-communism; Helsinki Conference;Dump Johnson movement; 1968 presidential election and anti-war movement; Chicago Democratic Convention; Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions; recollections of Dennis Sweeney.

Transcript: 24 leaves.Tape: 1 cassette.

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Chafe, William Henry 1942-

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