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Short Info

Date Of BirthDecember 26, 1944
SpouseBernardine Dohrn
FactFounder of the Weather Underground.


William Charles “Bill” Ayers is an American educator and activist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he has worked since 1987. He is also the founder of the small schools movement and was an early leader of the Weather Underground.

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Ayers was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, on December 26, 1944. His father, Thomas G. Ayers, was a successful businessman who became CEO of Commonwealth Edison. His mother, Mary Louise (née Albertson), was a homemaker. Ayers has two younger brothers, John and Thomas.

Ayers attended public schools in Glen Ellyn, where he was an all-star athlete in baseball and football. He graduated from Glenbard West High School in 1962. He then enrolled at the University of Michigan, where he studied English and philosophy. He became active in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement. He graduated from Michigan with a BA in 1967.

Ayers began his teaching career in the Detroit public schools. He then moved to New York City, where he taught at an alternative school for troubled youth. In 1970, he returned to the University of Michigan to pursue a PhD in education.

Ayers became involved in the Weather Underground, a radical left-wing group that advocated armed revolution against the US government. The group carried out a series of bombings of government buildings in the early 1970s. Ayers was not charged with any crime, but he was widely denounced as a terrorist.

In 1987, Ayers began teaching at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has written or edited more than 20 books on education and social justice. He is a leading advocate of “small schools,” which are designed to personalize education and promote democracy.

Ayers is married to Bernardine Dohrn, a fellow activist and former leader of the Weather Underground. They have three children.

Ayers has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He earns a salary of $100,000 as a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

General Info

Full NameBill Ayers
Date Of BirthDecember 26, 1944
ProfessionActivist, Author, Professor, Actor
EducationUniversity of Michigan, Bank Street College of Education, Columbia University, Lake Forest Academy, Teachers College, Columbia University
NationalityAmerican

Family

SpouseBernardine Dohrn
ChildrenChesa Boudin, Zayd Ayers
ParentsMary Ayers, Thomas G. Ayers

Accomplishments

MoviesMoving On

Social profile links

Quotes

#Quote
1Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home. Kill your parents, that's where it's really at. - Alleged public statement, 1970.

Facts

#Fact
1Founder of the Weather Underground.

Movies

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Moving On1974
East Side/West Side1964TV SeriesGreg Stuart

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Weather Underground2002Documentary as Bill Ayers, "Excerpt from 'Fugitive Days'"

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
This Changes Everything2015Documentary special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Children of the Revolution: Tune Back InDocumentary completed as Billy Ayers
Les survivants du Chepost-productionHimself (as Billy Ayers)
The Kelly File2014TV SeriesHimself
P.O.V.2014TV Series documentaryHimself
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs2013DocumentaryHimself
Hit & Stay2013DocumentaryHimself (as Billy Ayers)
Rebel Evolution2012DocumentaryHimself (as Billy Ayers)
Occupy Unmasked2012DocumentaryHimself
Democracy Now!2008-2012TV SeriesHimself
Hannity2009TV SeriesHimself
Hardball with Chris Matthews2008TV SeriesHimself
Good Morning America2008TV SeriesHimself
Who Is the Real Bill Ayers?2008TV MovieHimself (as Billy Ayers)
The Weather Underground2002DocumentaryHimself (as Bill Ayers)
Look Out, Haskell, It's Real: The Making of 'Medium Cool'2001TV Movie documentaryHimself (as Billy Ayers)
Underground1976DocumentaryHimself (as Billy Ayers)

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dreams from My Real Father2012DocumentaryHimself
Elvis Found Alive2012Himself (as Billy Ayers)
Hype: The Obama Effect2008Video documentaryHimself
The O'Reilly Factor2008TV SeriesHimself - Former Member of The Weather Underground / Himself - Former Weather Underground Member

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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