[Peace] Re: SIUC Protests Book

[Mike Lehman]

Allan advised me in an email that he is willing to send his book to any 
activists interested in it for just $5 (and he'll pay the postage.) Mine 
arrived quickly after I sent him my check.

While I've only had the time to flip through it quickly, Allan provided 
these comments by others who've taken time to read it. As a historian 
with an interest in radical movements of the last half-century, as well 
as what lessons it holds for the present, Allan's analysis of this 
home-grown resistance to oppressive power and lawless authority is worth 
consulting.

Here's Allan's contact info:

Allan H. Keith 
217-235-0995
PO Box 882
Mattoon IL 61938

Regards,
Mike Lehman

Allan Keith wrote:
> Mike -- You might want to read some of the comments shown here ------
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> Chris Wissmann, editor of Nightlife, a weekly newspaper in the
> Carbondale area, has written kind words about Allan H. Keith's new book
> "SIUC's Days of Dissent: A Memoir of Student Protest."
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> He wrote that the book differs from some other books about the period at
> SIUC "by focusing less on the street actions of the protest movement and
> delving into the workings of student government, the conflicts between
> liberals and radicals in the movement, media coverage and other more
> neglected angles."
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> Keith's book, along with other books about the period, "tells  an
> important piece of this story and readers should treasure" all of the
> books, Wissmann wrote.
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> Wissmann wrote that Keith's book "preserves in a straightforward manner
> an era in Carbondale's history that many would rather forget, or maybe
> worse, romanticize. While Keith laments in his conclusion the dearth of
> activism at SIU after the Seven Days in May, the book makes it clear
> that the protest movement at SIU was an important and serious but often
> dangerous endeavor -- if good things came through the protests they
> sometimes did so at a substantial cost to the city, university and local
> citizens who were beaten, tear-gassed and raided (sometimes without
> warrants) by police."
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> A Carbondale resident who was a student at SIUC at that time commented
> on the book this way: "Congrats on putting the book together. Very
> readable. Names I hadn't heard in years leap from the pages. We need
> reminders like this. Thanks."
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> Another SIUC grad wrote this about the book: "I will be sharing this
> book with my children who have heard all the stories from me -- and
> probably believe only half of them. Thanks for remembering!"
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> A librarian emailed: "The accounts of this time need to be told. The
> students of today need to know what the college experience was back
> then."
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> An ex-SIUC activist emailed: "Very enlightening trip in a time machine
> back to the late 60s. Thank you for writing this detailed account of
> those years of protest."
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> A professor in Massachusetts emailed: "I think local histories and
> memoirs like this are very valuable because they become building blocks
> for other forms of history. This one is especially useful because it is
> written by a journalist."
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> Click below for details about the book.
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> Allan H. Keith 
> 217-235-0995
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> PO Box 882
> Mattoon IL 61938
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