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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... March 9, 1841. Justice Joseph Story ruled they had been “ille- gally kidnapped and had the right to self defense from their captors.” But how would they get back home? On March 19, residents of Farming- ton, many of whom were ...
... March 2 , 1851 , while she sat in Pew # 23 of the First Parish Church , listening to an abolitionist sermon . She returned home to what is now known as Stowe House ( 63 Federal Street ) , near the Bowdoin College campus where her ...
... March 1981 the First National Bank of Boston was scheduled to hold its annual stock- holders ' meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston , and McHenry's group decided to host a breadline on the sidewalk out front . With a load of ...
... March on Washington), and was buried in Accra. All that remains of Du Bois's birthplace today is a chimney and a stone foundation. The site was made into a memorial park in 1969. W. E. B. Du Bois, c. 1905 We claim for ourselves every ...
... March 12 workers Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes / Hearts starve as well as bod- ies ; give us bread but give us roses ! -James Oppenheimer , in the song " Bread and Roses " from the American Woolen Company ...
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