Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward
This episode of Fresh Air Weekend explores the personal and political legacies of American radicalism through two powerful voices: Zayd Ayers Dohrn, son of Weather Underground leaders Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, who reflects on growing up in a fugitive family; and Jesmyn Ward, a tw
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