...Enthusiastically recommended for public and undergraduate libraries. Library Journal This collection of biographies surveys the lives and accomplishments of 86 men and women who range on the political spectrum from liberal to radical...Those who experienced this era will find this interesting, but it is also important for the younger readers, who need to know that the sixties weren't just about Woodstock, bell bottoms, and LSD. Reference Books Bulletin
Preface
Introduction
Racial Democracy
Dennis Banks by Raymond Wilson
Imamu Amiri Baraka [Leroi Jones] by Alan Spears
Vernon Bellecourt by Rolland Dewing
Mary Frances Berry by Genna Rae McNeil
Julian Bond by Peter B. Levy
H. Rap Brown [Jamil Adullah Al-Amin] by Maceo Dailey, Jr.
César Chávez by John C. Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen
Shirley Chisholm by Debra Newman Ham
Eldridge Cleaver by Kenneth O'Reilly
Vine Deloria, Jr. by Clifford M. Lytle, Jr.
James Farmer by Paula F. Pfeffer
Louis Farrakhan by Lawrence H. Mamiya
James Forman by Glenn Perusek
José Angel Gutiérrez by Richard J. Jensen and John C.
Hammerback
Fannie Lou Hamer by Kay Mills
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Ralph E. Luker
Russell Means by Raymond Wilson
Robert Parris Moses by Eric Burner
Leonard Peltier by L. G. Moses
Bayard Rustin by Donald Roe
Bobby Seale by Rev. Cecil Gray
Reies Lopéz Tijerina by John C. Hammerback and Richard J.
Jensen
Malcolm X [El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz] by David DeLeon
Peace and Freedom
Philip Berrigan by Anne Klejment
Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. by Milton S. Katz
Ron Kovic by John Kultgen
Staughton Lynd by Glen Perusek
David McReynolds by Larry Gara
Mark Rudd by W. J. Rorabaugh
Mario Savio by W. J. Rorabaugh
Dr. Benjamin Spock by William Graebner
Sexuality and Gender: Liberation from Stereotypes
Bella Abzug by Susan M. Hartman
Ti-Grace Atkinson by Beatrice K. Reynolds
Betty Friedan by Frances Arick Kolb
Frank Kameny by David K. Johnson
Del Martin/Phyllis Lyon by Kate Brandt
William H. Masters/Virginia E. Johnson by Sara Alpern
Eleanor Holmes Norton by Lillian Williams
Gloria Steinem by Frances Arick Kolb
For a Safe Environment
Edward Abbey by Kingsley Widmer
Murray Bookchin by John Clark
Lester Brown by Sean M. Enright
Barry Commoner by Charles T. Rubin
Paul Ehrlich by Kathryn Wald Hausbeck
Denis Hayes by W. J. Rorabaugh
Ralph Nader by Jennifer Scarlott
Radical Culture
Joan Baez by Ronald D. Cohen
Peter Collier/David Horowitz by Thomas R. West
Bob Dylan by Ronald D. Cohen
Jane Fonda by Regina Akers
H. Bruce Franklin by W. J. Rorabaugh
Allen Ginsberg by Linda Hamalian
Dick Gregory by Thomas Joseph Davis
John Holt by Susan Douglas Franzosa
Irving Howe by Alan Wald
Maulana Ron Karenga by Waldo E. Martin, Jr.
Ken Kesey by Stephen L. Tanner
Jonathan Kozol by Peter Andre Sola
Julius Lester by Priscilla Ramsey
Country Joe McDonald by David Pichaske
Phil Ochs by David Pichaske
Kenneth Rexroth by Geoffrey Gardner
Jerry Rubin by Leslie Fishbein
Pete Seeger by Robbie Lieberman
John Alexander Sinclair by William Graebner
Gore Vidal by Kingsley Widmer
Visions of Alternative Societies
Heather Booth by Ann Withorn
Noam Chomsky by Carlos P. Otero
Angela Davis by Sylvia Bennett Hill
Dorothy Day by Mel Piehl
Ronald V. Dellums by Robert C. Smith
Paul Goodman by Taylor Stoehr
Michael Harrington by Gary Dorrien
Tom Hayden by Thomas R. Maddux
Dorothy Healey by Maurice Isserman
Jesse Jackson by Russell L. Adams
C. L. R. James by Kent Worcester
Margaret (Maggie) Kuhn by W. Andrew Achenbaum
William Moses Kunstler by John Wildeman
Sidney Lens by Edward K. Spann
Herbert Marcuse by Douglas Kellner
I. F. Stone by Robert Cottrell
James Weinstein by Sally Miller
DAVID DeLEON is Associate Professor of History at Howard University. His most recent book is Everything Is Changing: Contemporary U.S. Movements in Historical Perspective (Praeger, 1988).
?The book is about people at odds with present American society.
This collection is current, concise, and presents a wealth of
information that can be found easily. The bibliographies alone can
guide a learner who wants to dig deeper into a cause or the life of
one of these Americans.?-VOYA
?This book traces the lives of many famous-or in some eyes
notorious-cultural, social, and political activists of the 1960s
and provides follow-up information on their later lives. The
entries are well written. This is enthusiastically recommended for
public and undergraduate libraries.?-Library Journal
?Twenty or so years ago Newsweek magazine had a feature called
"Where are they now?" which reprised and told what had become of
figures who had been in the news years before but faded from view.
This dictionary provides that sort of information for some eighty
leaders of the 1960s who challenged societal assumptions. Its
substantial essays do more than that, however: they also explain
how each of these leaders came to question society, analyze their
thought, and assess their impact. Those who have no personal
experience of the 1960s will find that the profiles and their
substanital bibliographies provide ideal entree into that era's
ideas through the lives of their chief proponents.?-Wilson Library
Bulletin
?While there is a lot of nostalgia today for 1960s pop culture,
many people are unaware of the important changes in society that
resulted from this period and of the people who were responsible
for them....This collection of biographies surveys the lives and
accomplishments of 86 men and women who range on the political
spectrum from liberal to radical. Entries are arranged by such
topics as the civil rights, antiwar, environmental, and women's
movements....Those who experienced this era will find this
interesting, but it is also important for younger readers, who need
to know that the sixties weren't just about Woodstock, bell
bottoms, and LSD.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?Within each section individual leaders are treated in signed
articles of varying length that explain the biographees' background
and significance and include a bibliography of works by and about
them. The list of contributors, most of them teaching faculty, is
impressive. The best feature of this work is its breadth of
coverage, which encompasses well-known leaders and individuals who
are often forgotten. This is a valuable compendium and sourcebook
for all students of the sixties; general and undergraduate
collections.?-Choice
"The book is about people at odds with present American society.
This collection is current, concise, and presents a wealth of
information that can be found easily. The bibliographies alone can
guide a learner who wants to dig deeper into a cause or the life of
one of these Americans."-VOYA
"This book traces the lives of many famous-or in some eyes
notorious-cultural, social, and political activists of the 1960s
and provides follow-up information on their later lives. The
entries are well written. This is enthusiastically recommended for
public and undergraduate libraries."-Library Journal
"While there is a lot of nostalgia today for 1960s pop culture,
many people are unaware of the important changes in society that
resulted from this period and of the people who were responsible
for them....This collection of biographies surveys the lives and
accomplishments of 86 men and women who range on the political
spectrum from liberal to radical. Entries are arranged by such
topics as the civil rights, antiwar, environmental, and women's
movements....Those who experienced this era will find this
interesting, but it is also important for younger readers, who need
to know that the sixties weren't just about Woodstock, bell
bottoms, and LSD."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Within each section individual leaders are treated in signed
articles of varying length that explain the biographees' background
and significance and include a bibliography of works by and about
them. The list of contributors, most of them teaching faculty, is
impressive. The best feature of this work is its breadth of
coverage, which encompasses well-known leaders and individuals who
are often forgotten. This is a valuable compendium and sourcebook
for all students of the sixties; general and undergraduate
collections."-Choice
"Twenty or so years ago Newsweek magazine had a feature called
"Where are they now?" which reprised and told what had become of
figures who had been in the news years before but faded from view.
This dictionary provides that sort of information for some eighty
leaders of the 1960s who challenged societal assumptions. Its
substantial essays do more than that, however: they also explain
how each of these leaders came to question society, analyze their
thought, and assess their impact. Those who have no personal
experience of the 1960s will find that the profiles and their
substanital bibliographies provide ideal entree into that era's
ideas through the lives of their chief proponents."-Wilson Library
Bulletin
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