Son and grandson of Klansmen who joined ranks with the black students who were sitting-in, marching, fighting, and sometimes dying to challenge the Southern 'way of life' he had been raised on but rejected. Former field secretary of SNCC
American lawyer, author, and television talk-show host of the PBS syndicated program Conversations with Jim Zirin. He also a member of the Consolidated Corporate Fund Leadership Committee of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts