Updated: 10:54 AM Sep 30, 2009Lincoln, Neb
A Chicago professor whose radical past made him a lightning rod in the 2008 presidential campaign is scheduled to speak in Nebraska this fall.
A Chicago professor whose radical past made him a lightning rod in the 2008 presidential campaign is scheduled to speak in Nebraska this fall.
William Ayers' address to the Academic Freedom Coalition of Nebraska in Omaha on Nov. 14 comes a year after he was disinvited from speaking at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Ayers was a founder of the Weather Underground, a group that claimed responsibility for bombing several government buildings. His ties to Barack Obama became an issue in the U.S. presidential campaign last year.
The University of Illinois at Chicago education professor had been asked to speak about education issues at a Nov. 15, 2008, conference at UNL. The university rescinded the invitation, citing safety concerns.
