Progressive Nation: A Travel Guide with 400+ Left Turns and Inspiring LandmarksChicago Review Press, 2008 - 432 pages A Selection of the Progressive Book ClubFrom the sites of famous sit-ins, marches, and strikes to the locales of events that led to landmark Supreme Court decisions, this inspiring travel guide journeys to more than 400 of the places in the United States that are important to progressive politics. Organized by state, it includes the stories of hundreds of women and men of action who, through creativity and hard work, changed American society for the better. Visit the battlegrounds and celebrate the victories of civil libertarians, feminists, African Americans, gays, lesbians, environmentalists, labor organizers, and media activists. Make a stop at the home of abolitionists Levi and Catharine Coffin, Grand Central Station on the Underground Railroad. Check out Alice's Restaurant Church, the namesake of Arlo Guthrie's song protesting the draft. Learn about the first women's convention held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Seneca Falls at the Women's Hall of Fame. See the site of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago where laborers protested working conditions. Join the many people who pay homage at the grave site of Leonard Matlovich, the gay Vietnam War veteran who fought the U.S. military--and won--when he was wrongfully discharged for homosexuality. Each entry features a listing of books and websites for further information, making this an essential lefty resource. For liberal-minded adventurous travelers, educational family vacationers, and progressives who want to know their history, this book will inspire them to do more than just cast a vote. |
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... supported by Oath or affirmation, and par- ticularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. —Fourth Amendment, Bill of Rights PATRIOT Act. Alberto Gonzales told Congress that the NSL had. 2 CONNECTICUT.
... bill dubbed the Black Law making it illegal to instruct black nonresidents, and Crandall was arrested and thrown into the nearby Brooklyn jail. Though she could have posted bail she stayed behind bars for a night in pro- test ...
... Bill of Rights cast a penumbra of “peripheral rights” to privacy that weren't specifically detailed in the Constitution. For example, freedom of the press included not just the right to publish information, but to distribute that ...
... bill's goal was to provide affordable health insurance to Maine's uninsured working families and poor , while instituting measures to keep a lid on spiraling costs yet improve the overall quality of care . Enrollees would receive ...
... Bill , Haddock pledged to walk from coast to coast to raise awareness of government corruption in elections . Had- dock , known to most as Granny D. , had arthritis and emphysema , and she was pushing 90. “ It would be better to die out ...
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