merican boy" into a Berkeley radical in the context of the 1960's Civil Rights and Anti-war movements, the time of peace and freedom. This is history as viewed by someone who was there and participated, it is the story of political activism, San Francisco music scene, and the counterculture. It contains personal anecdotes of race relations, street demonstrations, police actions, and everyday life during that period. It is intended to shed light on how we thought, why we acted, and how it all turned out.