Title:
Mike Tigar: from SLATE leader to civil liberties attorney
From SLATE leader to civil liberties attorney
Creator/Contributor:
Tigar, Michael E., 1941-, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Meeker, Martin, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
SLATE Oral History Project
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Oral History Center,, issuing body.
Abstract:
Michael Tigar attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate between 1958 and 1962; he returned to Berkeley to earn his degree in
law in 1966. While an undergraduate, Tigar was active in the student political organization SLATE. He was elected for a term
to the Associated Students of the University of California senate as a SLATE candidate. While a student at Berkeley, Tigar
worked at KPFA radio station. In this interview, Tigar discusses the following topics: the context surrounding student activism
and the role of SLATE in giving student activists a voice; KPFA and progressive radio; and the relationship between law and
civil liberties advocacy.
Date:
2018 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Student movements -- California -- Berkeley
College students -- Political activity -- California -- Berkeley
College student government -- California -- Berkeley
Mouvements étudiants -- Californie -- Berkeley
Étudiants -- Activité politique -- Californie -- Berkeley
Gestion étudiante dans l'enseignement supérieur -- Californie -- Berkeley
College student government
College students -- Political activity
Student movements
Students -- Political activity
California -- Berkeley
SLATE (Organization : Calif.)
University of California, Berkeley -- History
University of California, Berkeley -- Students -- Political activity
KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.)
KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.)
SLATE (Organization : Calif.)
University of California, Berkeley.
Tigar, Michael E -- 1941- -- Interviews
Tigar, Michael E -- 1941-
Note:
Michael Tigar ; interviews conducted by Martin Meeker in 2018.
Forms part of: SLATE Oral History Project.
Interview transcript also available online.
Oral histories are made available for research purposes only. Copyright to this work may be held by the UC Regents and managed
by The Bancroft Library.
Type:
oral histories (literary works)
History.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Histoires orales.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (v, 37 pages) ; 29 cm
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Oral histories are made available for research purposes only. Copyright to this work may be held by the UC Regents and managed
by The Bancroft Library.