Carl Oglesby is a writer, academic, and political activist. He was the President of the radical student organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) during the term 1965-1966. He once unsuccessfully proposed cooperation between SDS and the conservative group Young Americans for Freedom on some projects.
Carl Oglesby's father was from South Carolina, and his mother from Alabama. They met in Akron, Ohio, where Carl's father worked in the ru...
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Carl Oglesby is a writer, academic, and political activist. He was the President of the radical student organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) during the term 1965-1966. He once unsuccessfully proposed cooperation between SDS and the conservative group Young Americans for Freedom on some projects.
Carl Oglesby's father was from South Carolina, and his mother from Alabama. They met in Akron, Ohio, where Carl's father worked in the rubber mills. Carl progressed through the Akron Public School System, even winning a prize in his final year for a speech in favor of America's Cold War stance. He went to Kent State University; but dropped out in his third year to try to make his way as an actor and playwright in Greenwich Village, a bohemian area of New York. After a year, he returned to Kent State and graduated, writing three plays and an unfinished novel. He worked at odd jobs until, around 1960, he came to Michigan.
He first came into contact with members of SDS in Michigan...
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