Reminiscences of Andor Skotnes : oral history, 1984.

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Reminiscences of Andor Skotnes : oral history, 1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86158519

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.

Transcript: 147 leaves.Tape: 5 cassettes.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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