Author: Hayden, Tom

It was Martin Luther King Jr. who first encouraged Tom Hayden, a young writer, to cross the line from observation to direct action. For fifty years, Hayden has been an leading activist for civil rights, social justice, environmental protection and peace. He has also continued to write prolifically. This collection of his essential political, personal, and cultural writings spans that entire period, from his days as a Freedom Rider in the segregated South to his many years of service as a California state legislator. 450 pp.