Witnessing.

The author discusses the act of witnessing, particularly as it relates to political resistance and how the author approaches the issue in the classes she teaches. Dr. Martin King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is a text that the author uses often in the courses she teaches. She also shares her experiences during the protest movements of the 1960s and how she became an activist, demonstrating against racial discrimination in the U.S. The author was the biographer of Dr. Benjamin Spock and she relates how the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had "bugged" telephones and Spock's office.