Author Event | Zayd Ayers Dohrn: Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young
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At Downtown Library, 343 S Fifth Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Zayd Ayers Dohrn was born on the run. His parents, founders of the Weather Underground, were both 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. 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.
Downtown Library: Lower Level Program Room
Adult / Teen
Zayd Ayers Dohrn was born on the run.