03008nam 2200625Ia 450 991045919560332120200520144314.00-8166-7536-8(CKB)2670000000061827(EBL)619241(OCoLC)688292114(SSID)ssj0000415191(PQKBManifestationID)11269659(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415191(PQKBWorkID)10410678(PQKB)11623493(MiAaPQ)EBC619241(MdBmJHUP)muse29826(Au-PeEL)EBL619241(CaPaEBR)ebr10431479(CaONFJC)MIL525726(EXLCZ)99267000000006182720100624d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCrossing the barriers[electronic resource] the autobiography of Allan H. Spear /Allan H. Spear ; foreword by Barney Frank ; afterword by John MiltonMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20101 online resource (468 p.)Includes index.0-8166-7040-4 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.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 grLegislatorsMinnesotaBiographyGay politiciansMinnesotaBiographyCivil rights workersUnited StatesBiographyGay liberation movementMinnesotaMinnesotaPolitics and government1951-Electronic books.LegislatorsGay politiciansCivil rights workersGay liberation movement328.73/092BSpear Allan H1035378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459195603321Crossing the barriers2455070UNINA