Lessons of the Sixties
A History of Local Washington, DC Activism for Peace and Justice from 1960-1975
Oral History Samplers
Below are some samplers from our collection of nearly 60 interviews. For a list of interviews conducted to date, along with short biographies and links to view the actual interviews, select the Personal Stories link above.
DISCLAIMER: Please note that personal recollections are just that: memories that may in some instances be "a little frayed around the edges" - with some inaccuracies in dates, places, and names. By the very nature of human beings' fallible memories, oral histories or written recollections may contain "errors," no matter how honest and conscientious the interviewee or writer is. But what's important is the essential truth of what they're saying, what their experience was like, how it influenced their lives, etc. The planning committee generally does not attempt to assure complete accuracy. Neither does the committee necessarily agree with views stated by individual participants in these recollections.
FURTHER USE OF THIS MATERIAL: The broadest possible use of the materials we collect has always been the key goal of this project. In order to do that, all the oral histories collected by the project are available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. If you are not familiar with Creative Commons, you can read about the organization at http://creativecommons.org/about . The key point is that Creative Commons licenses allow creators of content to better control the terms of public use of their products, without having to contend with the traditional restrictive and cumbersome copyright rules. In this case, the Attribution 3.0 Unported License allows others the right to use this material without restriction, but with attribution back to each interviewee, to Lessons of the Sixties, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies, and George Washington University as the copyright holders. EXAMPLE: Angela Rooney, Lessons of the Sixties, IPS, GWU
Oral history sampler: A very short sampling of our oral history project, from interviews with Luci Murphy, Gerry Schwinn, Angela Rooney, John Hanrahan and Richard Harrington.