The Hard Work of Hope : A Memoir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ansara, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ansara, Michael, 1947-.

Ansara, Michael.

Political activists--United States--History--20th century.

Political activists.

Protest movements--United States--History--20th century.

Protest movements.

Community organization--United States--History--20th century.

Community organization.

Activism--United States--History--20th century.

Activism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Activist and organizer Michael Ansara chronicles his experiences from early civil rights boycotts to antiwar protests and then into successful community organizing, exploring the bravery and audacity of so many 'ordinary people' called by circumstances to become extraordinary. However, he does not shy away from taking the reader into the minds of the young activists who in the late sixties, warped by the intensity of their efforts to end the war, made critical mistakes, some spinning off into violence and cults"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Getting on the bus

A new left and the start of the student movement

Creating room for dissent

The not so radical personal life of a 60's radical

Taking it to a new level: 1966-67

Sitting in and armies of the night

1968

Shutting down Harvard

Strange days: 1969-1970

Days of rage

A march in Lowell

Dorchester and the people first

How does a war end?

To be an organizer

Massachusetts fair share

The end of my long sixties

Epilogue. From the vantage of fifty years.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5017-8215-0

1-5017-8216-9

OCLC:

1485121820