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Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties

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By Jon Wiener ’66 and Mike Davis

Published Nov. 7, 2020

Written by two activists and based on archival research and interviews, Set the Night on Fire is a comprehensive history of social movements in 1960s Los Angeles. From Black Power to gay liberation to the Chicano Blowouts, Wiener and Davis provide a detailed account of the major civil rights struggles of the day.

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Terri Sewell ’86 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, stands next to a portrait of civil rights leader John Lewis.
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