Description
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. Note that Michael Tigar also was interviewed as part of the Free Speech Movement Oral History Project and his transcript for that project is also available from the Oral History Center.