19 Facts About Howard Machtinger

Howard Norton Machtinger was born on April 26,1946 and is a former director of Carolina Teaching Fellows, a student teacher scholarship program at the University of North Carolina.

Howard Machtinger is an education and civil rights activist, a teacher, a forum leader, and a political commentator.

Howard Machtinger was born in the Bronx, New York, on April 23,1946.

Howard Machtinger was born to "Harry" Herszla Machtinger and Yetta [Migden], who were Polish-Jewish immigrants.

Howard Machtinger became an active SDS member while he was a graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago in 1968.

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Howard Machtinger was a regional director of SDS from autumn of 1968 until the SDS Split and made contributions to New Left Notes, an SDS publication.

Howard Machtinger was part of a steering committee which took over the administration building at University of Chicago on January 30,1969.

Howard Machtinger was one of the founding members of Weatherman, an organization that formed as a result of the SDS split in June 1969.

Howard Machtinger was a part of the Revolutionary Youth Movement, a faction of SDS who believed revolution was imperative.

Howard Machtinger was one of the eleven co-authors of the Weatherman statement, which appeared in the issue of New Left Notes presented at the 1969 SDS National Convention in Chicago.

Howard Machtinger co-wrote "You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows" with Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Jeff Jones, Mark Rudd, John Jacobs, Terry Robbins, Jim Mellen, Karin Ashley, Gerry Long, and Steve Tappis.

Howard Machtinger participated in the Days of Rage and was present at the Flint, Michigan "War Council" in December 1969.

Howard Machtinger was among the Weathermen who eventually went underground.

Howard Machtinger was accused of leading Days of Rage but the charges were dismissed as electronic surveillance had not been court-ordered.

Howard Machtinger went underground in the early 1970s and was arrested on East 86th Street in New York in April 1973.

Howard Machtinger was released on bail, and subsequently went back underground.

Howard Machtinger taught high school history from 1993 until he received his master's degree in history from San Francisco State University in 1996.

Howard Machtinger served on the planning committee for East Chapel Hill High School from 1995 to 1996 and is a former member of the North Carolina Humanities Council Forum Speakers.

In 1998, Howard Machtinger helped organize a visit of South African educators and students to the Triangle area to promote cross-cultural communication and understanding of educational issues.