Crossing the barriers [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of Allan H. Spear / / Allan H. Spear ; foreword by Barney Frank ; afterword by John Milton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459195603321
• Autore: Spear Allan H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010
• ISBN: 0-8166-7536-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.73/092; B
• Soggetti: Legislators - Minnesota; Gay politicians - Minnesota; Civil rights workers - United States; Gay liberation movement - Minnesota; Electronic books.; Minnesota Politics and government 1951-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Spear's memoirs are fascinating and moving: in early chapters on his childhood ; and college years, he writes with gr