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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Main Author: Spear, Allan H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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's run for the presidency, an organizer against the war in Vietnam, and a key proponent for the establishment of the African-American studies department at the University of Minnesota.
Physical Description:1 online resource (456 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816675364

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