(The Weekend Financial Times Saturday had a nice feature featuring stories from contributors about a summer that changed them. Reading, I was prompted to write my own recollection.) The Summer That Changed Me It was the summer of 1971. I was teaching at Western Michigan University and it had been a tumultuous year. Needing to decompress and ponder my future, together with my girlfriend I … Continue reading The Summer of 1971
It’s the cliché with the ring of truth—cultural change in America begins in California. And so it was with our cultural revolution. Not the destructive class struggle of Chairman Mao, but a revolution in consciousness—a new way of thinking, activism and questioning. Ironically from today’s perspective, it began with the free speech movement at UC-Berkeley in 1964. Fresh from the Mississippi Summer freedom project, student … Continue reading America’s Cultural Revolution: A Magical Time
Barry D. Wood 