A new memoir reveals what it was like to grow up as the child of two prominent figures who helped establish the Weather Underground organization. Zayd Ayers Dohrn has written about his unusual childhood experiences in his book titled “Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young.”
Dohrn’s parents are Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who were among the founding members of the Weather Underground. The author recalls being aware from an early age that federal authorities were pursuing his family.
“I knew that the FBI was chasing us,” he says in describing his childhood memories of life while his parents evaded law enforcement.
The memoir provides an inside look at what it meant to live underground as a family during a turbulent period in American history, offering a personal perspective on the lasting impact of his parents’ radical activism on their son’s upbringing.
