William Ayers Introduction

My name is William Ayers and I was born on December 26, 1944. I was opposed to the US involvement in the Vietnam War and some people called me a radical. I was a part of one of the earliest Weatherman groups and even planted a bomb at a statue commemorating the Haymarket Riot. I also participated in bombings of the New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, the US Capitol Building in 1971, and the Pentagon in 1972. Today I am a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the College of Education. My research interests include teaching for social justice, urban educational reform, narrative and interpretive research, children in trouble with the law, and related issues.