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Dancing with history : a life for peace and justice / by George Lakey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lakey, George, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lakey, George.
- Pacifists--United States--Biography.
- Pacifists.
- Nonviolence--United States--History.
- Nonviolence.
- Peace movements--United States--History.
- Peace movements.
- Social reformers--United States--Biography.
- Social reformers.
- Sociologists--United States--Biography.
- Sociologists.
- Social change--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Social change.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Civil rights workers.
- Bisexual men--United States--Biography.
- Bisexual men.
- Quakers--United States--Biography.
- Quakers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume.)
- Other Title:
- Life for peace and justice
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Seven Stories Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- A working class lad finds a place to stand
- Lessons in leadership
- College offers breathing room and fresh challenges
- Finding Quakers and a loving partner
- I'm more activist than my college can handle
- The only white student in the dorms of a Black college
- Starting a family in a social democracy
- North Philly and the Ivy League
- Jailed in the civil rights movement
- Violence greets opposition to the Vietnam War
- My baby helps to save the trees
- Community deepens the Vietnam movement
- Threats and cheer on the home front
- Piercing a naval blockade with medicine for Vietnam
- Gunboats surround me in the South China Sea
- Sharing strategy lessons in Britain
- The tree of life, a book, and a new baby
- Building the Movement for a New Society
- A container for liberation
- 1976 brings joy in the struggle
- Getting the goods on cancer
- Christina's miracle
- Campaigning for Jobs with Peace
- Family stresses lead to major change
- Confronting a homophobic Supreme Court
- Training coal miners for a win
- Responding to tragedy in Sri Lanka and at home
- Putting training on the front burner
- Wins for climate justice and democracy.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781644212363 (electronic bk.)
- 1644212366 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031469707
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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