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Walter Cronkite began his career as a journalist by hosting small radio shows and writing for newspapers. In 1939 he joined United Press to cover World War II, during which he went ashore on D-Day, parachuted with the 101st Airborne, and flew on bombing missions over Germany. He joined CBS in 1950, hosting the historical series You Are There and the documentary series Twentieth Century. In 1962 he moved into the CBS Evening News anchor position, which he held until his retirement in 1981. Mr. Cronkite was one of the first to report the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, and in 1969 he covered the Apollo 11 mission for 27 hours of its 30-hour journey. In a 1972 poll, respondents deemed Mr. Cronkite as the most trusted man in America. Since his retirement in 1981, Mr. Cronkite has hosted documentaries for PBS, the Discovery Channel, and the Learning Channel, in addition to writing pieces for newspapers and other publications. Throughout his career, which spans more than 60 years, he gained the respect of not only the American public, but of politicians and leaders worldwide.
Tom Hayden teaches at Occidental College in Los Angeles and is the author of 11 books, most recently Street Wars and Rebel. He served in the California legislature from 1982 to 2000, and chaired its committees on higher education, labor, and natural resources. In the early 1960s, he was a student editor, Freedom Rider in Georgia, president of Students for a Democratic Society, and author of the Port Huron Statement. A foremost opponent of the Vietnam War, he was indicted and eventually acquitted of all charges in the Chicago Conspiracy trial of 1969-70. Based in Culver City, California, he continues to participate in and write about antiwar and social justice movements.
David Farber, Ph.D., (consultant and essayist) is a professor of history at Temple University. He has authored several books, including The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s, Chicago 68, and Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors, for which he was awarded the 2002 Herbert Hoover Prize for the best book on any topic in American history by the Herbert Hoover Library Association. In addition, the book Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s, which he coauthored with his wife, Beth Bailey, won the 2001 Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Dr. Farber also has contributed to a book series entitled Counter Cultures and has delivered numerous presentations and lectures on the 1960s, including The Politics of Liberalism in the United States During the Sixties Era, The Civil Rights Movement in the United States, The Monterey Pop Festival: From Memory to History, and The Sixties From a Twenty-First Century Perspective.
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