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The Weather Underground
URL: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/weatherunderground/

Description:
Companion website to this PBS Independent Lens documentary about the Weather Underground (Weathermen), "one of America's most notorious radical movements" during the Vietnam War. Features background about the group and its actions (including "bombing the Capitol building, breaking Timothy Leary out of prison and finally evading the FBI by going into hiding"), an interview with Weather Underground members Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, and related material.

LII Topics: Activism, Political Parties & Theories, Radicalism, Student Movements

Publisher:
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

Extra Keywords
public broadcasting service weatherman

LII Database Information:
Record 25975 created by Jennifer English on 04/23/2008
Last modification on 04/24/2008
Published: 04/30/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25975

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