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Left in the Midwest : St. Louis progressive activism in the 1960s and 1970s / edited by Amanda L. Izzo and Benjamin Looker.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Progressivism (United States politics)--History--20th century.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Social movements--Missouri--Saint Louis--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Civil rights--Missouri--Saint Louis--History--20th century.
- Civil rights.
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--History.
- Saint Louis (Mo.).
- Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 539 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Activist legacies and collective memory : civil rights organizing in St. Louis as a multigenerational project / Heidi Ardizzone
- The St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey and women's environmental activism / Luke Ritter
- The gospel of the gay ghetto : Trinity Episcopal Church, the urban crisis, and the origins of queer activism in St. Louis / Ian Darnell
- Black power on the ground : continuity and rupture in St. Louis / Clarence Lang
- Surveillance and subversion of student activists, 1967-1970 : standoff in St. Louis / Nina Gilden Seavey
- The saga of Howard Mechanic / Carl Boggs
- "Whacking the elephant where it hurts" : the Veiled Prophet Organization, ACTION, and economic justice in St. Louis, 1965-1980 / Thomas M. Spencer
- "The seed time of gay rights" : Rev. Carol Cureton, the Metropolitan Community Church, and gay St. Louis, 1969-1980 / Rodney Wilson
- The limits of middle-class activism : neighborhood organizing in St. Louis / Susanne Cowan
- "We were on a mission" : feminist activism in St. Louis in the 1960s and 1970s / Gretchen Arnold and Ilene Ordower
- Is Ivory Perry an environmentalist (and does it matter)? / Rob Gioielli
- "Save Homer G. Phillips and all public hospitals" : African American grassroots activism and the decline of municipal public healthcare in St. Louis / Ezelle Sanford III
- "Together we can make a safe home" : space, violence, and lesbian organizing in 1970s St. Louis / Mary Maxfield
- The time is now : mass struggle, collective defense, and the St. Louis Chapter of the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression / Keona K. Ervin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Left in the Midwest
- ISBN:
- 9780826274809
- 0826274803
- Publisher Number:
- 40031469643
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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