McKiernan Interviews
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Description
Stephen McKiernan's collection of interviews includes more than two hundred interviews with prominent figures of the 1960s, which were collected between the mid-1990s and 2010s. The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and political transformation in the twentieth century. Interviewees include politicians, artists, scholars, musicians, authors, and veterans who delve into the decade’s most prominent issues and events, including the civil rights movement, the free speech movement, the anti-war movement, women’s rights, gay rights, segregation, the Vietnam War, Woodstock, Hippies, Yippies, and individualism.
The McKiernan 22
Stephen McKiernan continues to interview legends of the 1960s. When asked in 2021 where one should start when sifting through his vast collection, he provided the following list:
- Julian Bond
- Bobby Muller
- Craig McNamara
- Dr. Arthur Levine
- Diane Carlson Evans
- Dr. Ellen Schrecker
- Dr. Lee Edwards
- Peter Coyote
- Dr. Roosevelt Johnson
- Rennie Davis
- Kim Phuc
- George McGovern
- Frank Schaeffer
- Rev. Dr. Frank Forrester Church
- Dr. Marilyn Young
- James Fallows
- Joseph Lee Galloway
- John Lewis
- Paul Critchlow
- Steve Gunderson
- Charles Kaiser
- Joseph Lewis
Creator
Stephen McKiernan