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Best Of: Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s childhood on the run / Writer Jesmyn Ward

May 23, 2026·48 min·7-min readnarrativehistory
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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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Zayd Ayers Dohrn

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Zayd Ayers DohrnBernardine DohrnBill AyersTerry GrossTonya MosleyJesmyn WardFred HamptonAssata ShakurChesa Boudin

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Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Youngby Zayd Ayers DohrnOn Witness and Respareby Jesmyn Ward

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BooksCivil Rights HistoryLong Form JournalismNonfictionPolitical NewsRacial JusticeUs Politics

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