Remembering The Sterling Hall Bombing

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Heard On The Morning Show
Sterling Hall after the 1970 bombing
UW-Madison’s Sterling Hall after anti-war protesters exploded a bomb outside of it in 1970. Wisconsin Historical Society

Fifty years ago this month, four anti-war protesters set off a bomb outside of UW-Madison’s Sterling Hall, killing a physics researcher and injuring three others. We talk with a survivor of the blast, a Vietnam War protester and a historian about how the explosion changed them and the country.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Joe Tarr Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Stuart Levitan Guest
  • David Schuster Guest
  • Michael Averbach Guest

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