Oral History Interview: Jeffrey Schachner (1384) - (:unkn) unknown (My University, 2014)
In his May 2014 interview with Troy Reeves, Jeffrey Schachner details his remembrances of his undergraduate years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with special reference to his activism with SDS during the Dow Riot and the Black Students? Strike of 1969. Schachner expressed his deep concern that the strike be remembered as a pivotal part of the larger civil rights movement of the 1960s, and contextualized many of the key participants in these events. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the UW-Madison Oral History Program.
Keywords: Revolutionary Youth Movement; Kent State University; Black Students' Strike; Wapinduzi Weusi; Nathan Hare; Willie Edwards; Black Thursday; VISTA; Volunteer in Service to America; National Student Association; SDS; Students for a Democratic Society; The War at Home; Dow Chemical Riot; UCA; University Community Action Party; Paul Soglin; John Coatsworth