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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... first president of Gallaudet Col- lege ( later Gallaudet University ) in Washington , D.C. ( see page 64 ) . LEARN MORE www.asd-1817.org , ( 860 ) 570-2300 A Deaf Child Listened by Anne E. Neimark ( William Morrow , 1983 ) 6 New England.
... (University Press of Kansas, 2005). Woodbury. Bishop Samuel Seabury and the Separation of Church and State Glebe House, 49 Hollow Road, Woodbury, CT 06798 • (203) 263-2855 When the American colonies issued the Declaration of Independence ...
... foundation for separation of church and state in the new republic. LEARN MORE www.theglebehouse.org Samuel Seabury, 1729–1796 by Bruce Steiner (Ohio University, 1972) MAINE Each ' ach morning the sun shines on Maine Connecticut 9.
... University , 1 Sherborn Street , Boston , MA 02215 O In 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v . Connecticut that mar- ried couples had the right to purchase and use birth control ( see page 7 ) , but it was eight more years ...
... ( Oxford , 2000 ) The Higher Law by Henry David Thoreau ( Princeton , 2004 ) Henry Thoreau by Robert Richardson Jr. ( University of Georgia , 1986 ) PROGRESSIVE THOUGHTS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU It is never too 20 New England.
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