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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Title
Crossing the barriers.
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9780816670406
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Spear, Allan H.
Spear, Allan H.
Spear, Allan H.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Minnesota.
Minnesota.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civil rights workers-- United States, Biography.
Gay liberation movement-- Minnesota.
Gay politicians-- Minnesota, Biography.
Legislators-- Minnesota, Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Political.
Civil rights workers
Gay liberation movement
Gay politicians
Legislators
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Legislative Branch.