Earth Day at 50 Teach-Out
Reflections: ENACT Activists and Current Students / Lesson 3 of 6
Washington DC Activist Barbara Alexander
5 minutes
Barbara Alexander, who helped organize April 22, 1970 Teach-Ins in the Washington DC area and played a role in national-level organization for the original Earth Day. In this video, Barbara gives an overview of what life was like in the 1960s and 70s and how all of this energy “spontaneously combusted” into a grassroots environmental movement across the country.