Despite St. Louis's mid-twentieth-century reputation as a conservative and sleepy Midwestern metropolis, the city and the surrounding region have long played host to dynamic forms of social-movement organizing. This was especially the case during the 1960s and 1970s, when a new generation of St. Louis activists lent their energies to the ongoing struggles for Black freedom, lesbian and gay liberation, women's rights and in support of the peace movement and environmental activism. This volume, the first of its kind, offers fifteen scholarly contributions-both original works and previously...
Despite St. Louis's mid-twentieth-century reputation as a conservative and sleepy Midwestern metropolis, the city and the surrounding region have long...