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.
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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.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Legislative Branch.