Lincoln Bergman
Lincoln Bergman (born October 27, 1944 in Berkely, California) is separated from his wife, Arlene Bergman. He also went under the name, Oscar Cohen.[1]
He is the son of Liebel Bergman.
Mini-Bio
From the Freedom Archives website as of December 10, 2023:[2]
- "Lincoln Bergman is a poet, editor, educator and radio journalist. He was News Director at KPFA-FM in Berkeley in the late 1960s and early 1970s and has written, produced, and/or narrated numerous radio programs, including the weekly series that are in the Archives— "The Midnight Flash," "The Real Dragon," "Nothing Is More Precious Than," and "Freedom Is a Constant Struggle." He was a foreign correspondent for Pacifica Radio in Havana, and worked for a year at Radio Havana Cuba from 1973–74. He is a member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade and was Co-Poet Laureate of Richmond, California from 2014–2016. He is the author of a volume of collected poetry, Chants of a Lifetime, a book of poetry on Chinese history, and co-author of a book on Puerto Rican history. His website is www.lincolnbergman.com.
Freedom Archives Founder
Freedom Archives founders are Lincoln Bergman, Heber Dreher, Emiliano Echeverria, Kiilu Nyasha, Nina Serrano, Barbara Lubinski, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett and Andres Alegria.[3]
The Movement
In 1968, the editorial group of The Movement-a newspaper affiliated with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and the Students for a Democratic Society, consisted of[4];
Weather Underground Organization
Bergman functioned as a part of the Weather Underground Organization in 1970.[1]
"Support Bill Ayers"
In October 2008, several thousand college professors, students and academic staff signed a statement Support Bill Ayers in solidarity with former Weather Underground Organization terrorist Bill Ayers.
In the run up to the U.S. presidential elections, Ayers had come under considerable media scrutiny, sparked by his relationship to presidential candidate Barack Obama.
- We write to support our colleague Professor William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who is currently under determined and sustained political attack...
- We, the undersigned, stand on the side of education as an enterprise devoted to human inquiry, enlightenment, and liberation. We oppose the demonization of Professor William Ayers.
Lincoln Bergman of the University of California, Berkeley signed the statement[5].
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 FBI Weatherman Underground Summary Dated 8/20/76, Part 2
- ↑ Lincoln Bergman (accessed Dec 10, 2023)
- ↑ Our Founders (accessed Dec 10, 2023)
- ↑ The Movement February 1968 Vol. 4 Number 2 page 3
- ↑ Liberal Education website: List of Ayers Supporters