Long before Kevin Jennings began advocating to end anti-LGBT bias in schools, he was a victim of it. In "Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son," Jennings traces the roots of his activism to his elementary school days in the conservative South, where "faggot" became more familiar to him than his own name. "Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son" is that rare memoir that is both a riveting personal story and an inside account of a critical chapter in our recent history. Creating safe schools for all youth is now a central part of the progressive agenda in American education and Kevin Jennings is at the forefront of...