Left in the Midwest : St. Louis progressive activism in the 1960s and 1970s / edited by Amanda L. Izzo and Benjamin Looker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Izzo, Amanda L., 1977- editor.

Looker, Benjamin, 1978- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Progressivism (United States politics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (554 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2022]

Summary:

"The goal of this volume is to bundle together for contemporary audiences a set of illuminating scholarly contributions-both previously published and freshly written-that together explore the wide range of progressive activist movements that took root in a single Midwestern city during the 1960s and 1970s. No existing publication puts into conversation examinations of such a broad collection of St. Louis organizing initiatives during this time period"-- Provided by publisher.

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:

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Other Format:

Print version: Izzo, Amanda L. Left in the Midwest

ISBN:

9780826274809

0826274803

OCLC:

1332789107