Johnson With Eyes Open (1964 booklet from SDS's Political Education Project)
New York: Political Education Project (associated with Students for a Democratic Society), (1964). Wraps. Stapled sheets, 18 pp. with cover sheets in blue; the rear sheet is the SDS Fall 1964 Literature List including ordering form. Very good with light tanning and discoloration to cover sheets. Very uncommon; OCLC records no holdings. A critique of LBJ from an activist's perspective. Burlage was a doctoral candidate at Harvard at the time. The University of Wisconsin website, which has Burlage's papers, has this biographical squib about him: Burlage's political activity began when he organized civil rights groups in the South from 1959 to 1961. He was active in the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) from its organization, and attended the Port Huron founding convention in 1962. From 1963 to 1964, Burlage worked with SDS's Economic Research and Action Project (ERAP) in Appalachia. For many years he also served on the SDS National Council. In 1965 Burlage began work with the Health Policy Advisory Center of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). He became a resident fellow at IPS in 1967. In addition, Burlage continued his interest in Appalachia; he served on the staff of the Tennessee State Planning Commission, and initiated an Appalachian program known as People's Appalachia. In the course of this latter project Burlage corresponded with Todd Gitlin concerning urban migrants, and wrote a review of Gitlin's book, Uptown: Urban Poor in Chicago. During the 1970's, Burlage continued his involvement in Appalachian work, and with labor and health issues at IPS. In June, 1975, he attended the conference on Public Planning sponsored by Mayor Paul Soglin's office in Madison, Wisconsin. Burlage wrote a number of pamphlets for SDS in the early 1960's, a book entitled New York City's Municipal Hospitals (1967), and co-authored a book with his father, Four Walls of Pharmacy (1975). Very good. Item #H38971
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