Crossing the Barriers : The Autobiography of Allan H. Spear /

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Allan Spear had a long and distinguished career as a historian and as a Minnesota state senator. Perhaps best known for coming out as openly gay during his first term in the Minnesota Senate-becoming one of the first elected officials in the nation to do so-Spear was also a leader of Eugene McCarthy...

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Autor principal: Spear, Allan H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Spear, Allan H.
Minnesota. > Legislature. > Senate
Minnesota. > Legislature. > Senate > Biography.
Politics and government.
Legislators
Gay politicians
Gay liberation movement
Civil rights workers
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Mouvement de liberation des homosexuels > Minnesota.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies.
Gay liberation movement > Minnesota.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
Gay politicians > Minnesota > Biography.
Legislators > Minnesota > Biography.
United States
Minnesota
Minnesota > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Minnesota > Politics and government > 1951-
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiography
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A difficult child, 1937-1954
  • Bright college years, 1954-1958
  • Discovering the African American past--and present, 1958-1964
  • Becoming a Minnesotan, 1964-1967
  • Love, war, and politics, 1967-1969
  • Campus and community, 1969-1972
  • The turning point: coming out and getting in, 1972
  • Entering the Senate and leaving the closet, 1973-1974
  • The first struggle for gay rights, 1975-1978
  • Settling into a legislative career, 1978-1982
  • A new district, a new partnership, and new responsibilities, 1982-1988.

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