LEADER 04460nam 22006014a 450 001 9910959915003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780826262561 010 $a0826262562 035 $a(CKB)1000000000024263 035 $a(OCoLC)614692584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10069569 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000226179 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11198415 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226179 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234218 035 $a(PQKB)11315798 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570812 035 $a(OCoLC)1132689665 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77252 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570812 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10069569 035 $a(Perlego)1704394 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000024263 100 $a20031224d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrairie power $evoices of 1960s Midwestern student protest /$fRobbie Lieberman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a9780826215222 311 0 $a082621522X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-264). 327 $aIntroduction : student protest and the New Left of the 1960s revisited -- Oral histories I, national SDS leaders. Carl Davidson. Jane Adams. Jeff Shero Nightbyrd -- Three prairie power campuses -- Oral histories II, local leaders. Rory Ellinger. Bill Ebert. Ray Lenzi. Dan Viets -- Oral histories III, grassroots activists. Larry Vaughn. Wayne Sailor. Trish Vandiver. Larry Bennett. Pat Harris. Caroljean Brune. 330 8 $aPrairie Power, a superb collection of oral histories from the 1960s, focuses on former student radicals at the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas, and Southern Illinois University. Robbie Lieberman presents a view of Midwestern New Left activists that has been neglected in previous studies. Scholarship on the sixties has been shifting from a national focus to more local and regional studies, but few authors have studied the student movement in the Midwest. Moreover, the characterization of prairie power activists as "long-haired, dope-smoking anarchists" who were responsible for the downfall of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) has not been challenged directly. While still viewing these activists critically, Lieberman argues that Midwestern students made significant contributions to the New Left in the latter half of the decade, and that their efforts were not only important at the time but also had a lasting impact on the universities and towns in which they were active. The author begins by explaining "prairie power" and establishing its significance in the history of 1960s protest. She then presents the oral histories in three parts. The first section reveals what "prairie power" meant to national leaders of SDS who were regional organizers in the Midwest. The second section of oral histories gives insight into the backgrounds, concerns, and activities of local leaders from the three universities who were homegrown Midwestern activists. Lieberman shows that while the national leaders take credit for organizing on several college campuses, the local activists often felt that they were on their own. The third group of oral histories-from grassroots activists-is what most sets this book apart from previous works on the student New Left. These are students who joined demonstrations on their own campuses but did not necessarily identify with either local or national organizations. Their rarely heard voices help provide a better understanding of who participated in the student protest movement, why they were involved, and how their activities profoundly affected their lives for years to come. Prairie Power makes a significant contribution toward a more comprehensive history of student activism in the turbulent 1960s. 606 $aStudent movements$zMiddle West$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aStudent protesters$zMiddle West$vAnecdotes 615 0$aStudent movements$xHistory 615 0$aStudent protesters 676 $a378.1/98/10977 700 $aLieberman$b Robbie$f1954-$01790772 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959915003321 996 $aPrairie power$94356867 997 $aUNINA