Bill Ayers was born into privilege and is today a highly respected
educator and community activist. In the late 1960s he was a founder of
the militant activist group the Weather Underground. Living on the run,
stealing explosives, and hiding from the law, Ayers was involved in the
defining moments of his generation: the Days of Rage, SDS, the Black
Panthers--and the explosion that killed his beloved comrade, Diana
Oughton.
Fugitive Days tells of these turbulent events, and of the tenacity
with which Ayers slowly rebuilt his life after it all came apart. Ayers
writes openly about his regrets and what he continues to believe was
right. The result is a profoundly honest account of an incendiary
chapter in our history.