Charles Reich Scholar 1970 Bestseller "The Greening Of America" Dies At 91

Charles Reich, author of 1970 bestseller ‘The Greening of America,’ dies at 91

Charles Reich, author of “The Greening of America.” (Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images)

"For a brief time in the early 1970s, Charles Reich was one of the most famous writers and teachers in America. He was a Yale Law School professor who taught a popular undergraduate course, “The Individual in America,” that attracted more than 600 students per session.

Sensing a new spirit of enlightenment in the youth revolution of the 1960s, he put his observations into a 1970 book, “The Greening of America,” that sold millions of copies and became one of the defining manifestos of the era of hippies, psychedelic music and love beads. . . . "

"Charles Reich. author of 1970 bestseller, 'The Greening of America,' dies at 91" by Matt Schudel, The Washington Post, 18 June 2019:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/charles-reich-author-of-1970-best-seller-the-greening-of-america-dies-at-91/2019/06/18/87c13664-91d6-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html
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