University of Southern California for the 20th annual Los Angeles Times festival of books. And why cuba matters. Before we get into cuba, for those who dont know why you are, give us a brief biography. I am an archaeological dig. I am 75 years old. I come from michigan and wisconsin. I was a student in 1960 at the university. I have always been a writer. I became an activist and freedom rider in the early 60s and i was in the anti vietnam war movement, 50 years ago this week, the first peace demonstration in washington and we are commemorating that on may 1st and Second Coming up in washington. Then i went on to 18 years in the California Legislature and off and on i wrote, and i right for publication, the nation, i right hubble log tom hayden. Com and books that reflect my experience combined with whatever study or interviews i am able to do which brings us to cuba. Listen, yankee why cuba matters just came out. You had to update it because of what president obama did. I believe from
News accounts and reading what i could find to read and trying to make some sense of what had happened. And during that, i came across an editorial online. And that short editorial helped me understand the importance of gay bars and clubs in a way that i have never understood before. Of how important they are. As gathering places and as places of activism. Places of great significance in American History. I decided that day that we had to bring that author to birmingham so she could share her insights and research with us. And we are very pleased that we have been able to do that. She is a professor of history at santa clara university. She began teaching her course in title lesbian and gays in history in 2004. The sample class can be viewed on the cspan online library. Her work on lgbtq history is featured in her 2012 book, beyond natures housekeepers. She is also the winner of studies in progressivism and her articles have appeared in newspapers and websites. Including the miami hera
High points that i want to call attention to the fact that i have the url where the full presentation may be accessed. The final slide will happen again also. That way you could dwell longer on some of the slides, so i will be going over that lightly. The book came out in the last two years. The dust jacket blurb, it reads he gives the story of the american underground revolutionaries and what it has desperately needed. He has sifted the embers of the conflagration of the counterculture. That is what i want to begin with because this term counterculture has in recent years come to subsume everything that happened in the 1960s, particularly associated with activities on the left, whether baby of political or cultural origin and intent. You find this term being used in many different ways over the course of the historiography. Sometimes as a compound, two words, and sometimes as a single. It has become an umbrella term for the 60s, perhaps synonymous with that. There is an attempt to est
Michael what i would like to do in this talk is introduce you to some of the literature on the counterculture. I should go back for just a moment. This presentation takes much longer to do thoroughly. Im going to hit some of the high points that i want to call attention to the fact that i have the url where the full presentation may be accessed. The final slide will happen again also. That way you could dwell longer on some of the slides, so i will be going over that lightly. The book came out in the last two years. Its called days of rage. In the dust jacket blurb, it reads he gives the story of the american underground revolutionaries and what it has long desperately needed. Conflagration of the counterculture. That is what i want to begin with, because this term counterculture has, in recent years, come to subsume everything that happened in the 1960s, particularly associated with activities on the left, whether they be of political or cultural origin and intent. And you find this t