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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... freedom of the press included not just the right to publish information, but to distribute that information, read that infor- mation, and teach that information. The Griswold decision only applied to married couples; contraceptive ...
... freedom and to the freedom of Americans to come . -Dorris " Granny D. " Haddock , to Maryland college students , February 2000 one is corrupt?” Granny D. spoke of a senator who. 35 NEW HAMPSHIRE.
... freedom ( see page 42 ) . It also proclaimed its indepen- dence from Britain a full two months before the Declaration of Independence was signed . And then there was the ill - fated Dorr Rebellion . It started on May 3 , 1842 , when ...
... freedom they had previously enjoyed might be in jeopardy. The congregation's warden, Moses Seixas, wrote a letter to George Washington in 1790—a year before the Bill of Rights was ratified—asking assurance that they, like all other ...
... Freedom to Marry Task Force in 1995. Filed July 22 , 1997 , the Baker case took two and a half years to make it through the courts . On December 20 , 1999 , the Vermont Supreme Court handed down a rul- ing that didn't actually allow ...
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