[Interview with Bob Alexander]. [Part 1].

In the first of a two part oral history interview, liberal activist Bob Alexander talks about growing up in Berkley, Michigan, his family life and graduating from the University of Michigan in 1966. Alexander says that he became interested in politics and liberal causes while at Michigan and served in the Peace Corps in India after graduation. When he returned to the U.S., Alexander says that he joined the National Teacher Corps program and was assigned to work in western Kentucky. He also says that he was forced out of his job in Kentucky when the minority students he was teaching had better test results than their white counterparts in the same school system. After leaving Kentucky, Alexander taught in a Hispanic neighborhood in Detroit and learned social activism and organizing from Michigan political legends Coleman Young and Zolton Ferency. Alexander is interviewed by retired Michigan State University Labor Studies Professor John Revitte.

Recorded 2016 February 15.