Dangerous, dirty, violent, and young : a fugitive family in the revolutionary underground / Zayd Ayers Dohrn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dohrn, Zayd, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dohrn, Zayd.

Ayers, William, 1944-.

Ayers, William.

Dohrn, Bernardine.

Weather Underground Organization.

Revolutionaries--United States--20th century--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

Children of criminals--United States--Biography.

Children of criminals.

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

Radicalism.

Fugitives from justice--United States.

Fugitives from justice.

Family secrets.

Weatherman (Organization).

Black Liberation Army.

Terrorism.

Shakur, Assata.

Families.

United States.

Mental health.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biography.

History

Biographies.

Memoirs.

Physical Description:

xiv, 427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Fugitive family in the revolutionary underground

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2026]

Summary:

"The son of Weather Underground radicals tells the story of a childhood on the run and a half-century of revolutionary struggle in America. Zayd Ayers Dohrn was born underground. His parents were fugitives after a decade fighting the US government; his mother was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. All his life, Dohrn's parents said his birth marked a clean break with violent revolutionary struggle, but in this explosive memoir, he discovers that story wasn't entirely true. This masterpiece of personal and social history brings us inside an infamous family and their lives underground. Drawing on exclusive interviews, declassified FBI files, and long-hidden letters, photos, and diaries, Dohrn tells a new story of radical resistance, including revelations about the Weathermen's bombing campaign, their secret alliance with the Black Liberation Army, and the dramatic prison break of Assata Shakur. Reckoning with the emotional damage the Weathermen inflicted on their victims, their children, and themselves, Dohrn's unflinching memoir explores the roots of radicalism and asks how a young person survives when the place they feel safest - with their family - also puts them in danger."--Book jacket flap.

Contents:

A note on interviews and sources

Prologue: Underground (Harlem, 1980)

Part 1: The most dangerous woman in America

Part 2: Kill your parents

Part 3: Bring the war home

Part 4: Underground(s)

Part 5: Children in my mind

Part 6: One last job

Part 7: Children of the revolution

Epilogue: Memories of a revolution (Chicago, 2020-25)

Acknowledgments

Notes

Illustration credits

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781324089315

1324089318

OCLC:

1589864570