Firsthand Accounts

Jean Ponder Allen: "I started screaming at the officers..." Mike Arias: "...we had just walked into an ambush..." Jane Brotman: "...they were beating people up..." Jack Cipperly: "...there was a lot of yelling and screaming..." Joe Costello: "We were all scared, very scared..." Keith Hackett: "It was literally a fight for your life." Diane Sikorski Kramer: "...there was a giant hole in his stomach..." Jim Rowen: "...we were trapped..." Clark Welch: "I told my guys...'This is it.'" Choose a person interviewed in the film.

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Paul Soglin
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Paul Soglin grew up in Chicago in a politically active family. His father worked as a teacher without pay for two years, after refusing to sign a loyalty pledge required from state employees. His mother named him in honor of the African American performer and civil rights activist, Paul Robeson. Soglin entered the University of Wisconsin in 1962 and stayed until 1972, when he received his law degree. Soglin served as secretary of the local branch of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and wrote for the Daily Cardinal, a school newspaper. He became involved in city politics in 1968, first elected alderman for Madison's 8th district and then elected mayor in 1973.