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Interview with Walter Naegle

Walter Naegle is the partner of the late civil rights leader, Bayard Rustin and is executive director of the Bayard Rustin Fund. Naegle has a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art from Fordham University. Decades before gay marriage was an option, Rustin adopted Naegle to formalize their relationship.

Interview with Dr. Mark Naison and Steven Hager

Dr. Mark Naison, a native of Brooklyn, is a Professor of African and African-American Studies and Director of the Urban Studies Program at Fordham University. Dr. Naison, a former political activist, was a member of Congress of Racial Equality and Students for a Democratic Society in the 1960s. He i...

Interview with Tom Wells

Dr. Tom Wells is an editor, historian, and author. Dr. Wells wrote several books and contributed articles to multiple books on the Vietnam War and the 1960s. He has also received dozens of fellowships and grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Human...

Interview with Hal Phoenix Muscat

Hal Phoenix Muscat is a Vietnam War veteran who became a GI activist when he began opposing the U.S. war against Vietnam, in 1968, while stationed in Germany. Upon his return to Fox Dix, N.J in April 1969, he became involved with SHAKEDOWN (an anti-war publication for GIs on base and off ba...

Interview with Dr. Charles Murray

Dr. Charles Murray is a Political Scientist, author, and columnist. Born in Newton, Iowa, Murray received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1965. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT. With Richard Herrnstein he cowrote the book The Bell Curve (1994), which look...

Interview with Dr. Sara M. Evans

Dr. Sara M. Evans is a Professor Emeritus in History at the University of Minnesota. She has helped the university become a center for Women's History and Women's Studies, showing how women's lives impacted society. Dr. Evans earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Duke U...

Interview with David Mixner

David Mixner is a civil rights activist, HIV/AIDS advocate, and best-selling author. Mixner is the author of the memoir Stranger Among Friends, as well as Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage and At Home with Myself: Stories from the Hills of Turkey Hollow. ...

Interview with Edwin Meece

Edwin Meese is an attorney, law professor, author, and member of the Republican Party. He was a professor of Law at the University of San Diego until 1981. From 1981 to 1985, Meese served as Reagan's counselor. He was then appointed as the United States Attorney General. Meese is currently serv...

Interview with Dr. George McGovern

George McGovern (1922 - 2012) was a professor, author, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election. McGovern earned a Ph.D. in History from Northwestern University and taught at Dakota Wesleyan University.

Interview with Dennis Peron

Dennis Peron (1945-2018) was an activist and businessman who became a leader in the movement for the legalization of cannabis. Peron served in the Air Force in Vietnam. After the war, he became a Yippie and he also supported gay rights. He sold cannabis from storefronts in the Castro and advocated f...

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