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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... York ☆ Pennsylvania ✩ West Virginia 3. The South Alabama ☆ Arkansas ✩ Florida ☆ Georgia ☆ Kentucky Louisiana ⋆ Mississippi ⋆ North Carolina ☆ South Carolina ☆ 149 Tennessee Virginia 4. The Midwest 229 Illinois Indiana Iowa ...
... York City had grown dirty and unlivable. They found it difficult to locate the organic produce they needed as vegetarians. And the world around them seemed to glorify militarism rather than the pacifism they practiced. And so they ...
... York's Industrial Commissioner when he was governor. In 1911 she'd witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire (see page 114) and dedicated herself to the issues of the working class. By 1929 she held the highest labor post in state ...
... York on a platform advocating world peace and coexistence with the Soviet Union, and received a quar- ter of a million votes. In 1951 the federal government came after him, charging Du Bois with fail- ing to register as a foreign agent ...
... York's Long Island , Dean moved to Vermont in May 1978 to begin his residency in the ambulatory care program at the University of Vermont . He and wife Judy Steinberg eventually established a family practice in Shelbourne , in south ...
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