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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... protest . -William O. Douglas Socia courage , ocial progress is not automatic . Change does not occur unless somebody of vision , and determination makes it happen . Nearly every progres- sive movement in American history can be traced ...
... protest novel , but was first published in weekly serial form in the National Era , starting in 1851. A year later the installments were collected as a book , about the time the Stowes left Brunswick . When Southern apolo- gists ...
... protest the Townshend Act. It was in Boston that David Walker published his Appeal in 1829, in which he used passages from the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, and the U.S. Constitution to denounce slavery and advocate direct ...
... protest he refused to pay the tax and was tossed into the Concord jail . Sitting in his cell , Thoreau reflected on his decision . Sometime during his stay Ralph Waldo Emerson came to visit and asked him what he was doing “ in there ...
... protest and assail the ears of America. The battle we wage is not for ourselves, but for all true Americans. —W. E. B. Du Bois LEARN MORE www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/duboishome/index.html, (413) 545-2780 The Souls of Black Folk by ...
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