Interview with Bernardine Rae Dohrn

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Title

Contributor

Dohrn, Bernardine ; McKiernan, Stephen

Subject

Weather Underground Organization; College teachers; Dohrn, Bernardine--Interviews

Description

Bernardine Rae Dohrn is a former leader of the Weather Underground, a group known for bombings on the United States Capitol. Dohrn has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. Currently, she is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Date

2011-02-21

Rights

In Copyright

Identifier

McKiernan.Oral.10.2016.8a; McKiernan.Oral.10.2016.8b

Date Modified

2017-03-01

Is Part Of

McKiernan Interviews

Extent

236:57

Date of Interview

2011-02-21

Interviewer

Stephen McKiernan

Interviewee

Bernardine Dohrn

Biographical Text

Bernardine Rae Dohrn is a former leader of the Weather Underground, a group known for bombings on the United States Capitol. Dohrn has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago. Currently, she is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Duration

236:57

Language

English

Digital Publisher

Binghamton University Libraries

Digital Format

audio/mp4

Original Format

2 Microcassettes

Material Type

Sound

Interview Format

Audio

Subject LCSH

Weather Underground Organization; College teachers; Dohrn, Bernardine--Interviews

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Keywords

College; Race Issues; Women's Issues; The War on Poverty; Non-Violence; Chicago; Red Lining; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; The Other America; Michael Harrington; Gay Rights; Patriotism; Students for a Democratic Society; Kent State; Chicago Eight.

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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 to 2023 The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and… More

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“Interview with Bernardine Rae Dohrn,” Digital Collections, accessed July 27, 2025, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/838.