David Green oral history interview

The Scope and Contents note of this oral history was originally generated by feeding the electronic transcript into OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4 on 2024 Jan 23 and then edited with ChatGPT4o on 2024 July 2. It was then reviewed and edited by a human.

Oral history interview with David H. Green ’71 for the Dartmouth Vietnam Project about his experience engaging in anti-war activism as a student at Dartmouth. He reflects on his formative years, family background, and path to Dartmouth College. He recalls involvement in community action projects during high school and exposure to leaders that heightened his civil rights awareness. At Dartmouth, Green engaged in sports, academics, and the anti-Vietnam War movement, participating in protests and civil disobedience with the Students for a Democratic Society. He recounts his participation in the occupation of Parkhurst Hall and the legal and academic consequences he faced. Green describes his activism post-Dartmouth, and the personal struggles he faced while pursuing various careers. He discusses the importance of serving others, his recent re-engagement in activism, and reconciliation with former Dartmouth Dean Thaddeus Seymour.