The Resource The Lexington Six : lesbian and gay resistance in 1970s America, Josephine Donovan
The Lexington Six : lesbian and gay resistance in 1970s America, Josephine Donovan
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The item The Lexington Six : lesbian and gay resistance in 1970s America, Josephine Donovan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "On September 23, 1970, a group of antiwar activists staged a robbery at a bank in Massachusetts, during which a police officer was killed. While the three men who participated in the robbery were soon apprehended, two women escaped and became fugitives on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, eventually landing in a lesbian collective in Lexington, Kentucky, during the summer of 1974. In pursuit, the FBI launched a massive dragnet. Five lesbian women and one gay man ended up in jail for refusing to cooperate with federal officials, whom they saw as invading their lives and community. Dubbed the Lexington Six, the group's resistance attracted national attention, inspiring a nationwide movement in other minority communities. Like the iconic Stonewall demonstrations, this gripping story of spirited defiance has special resonance in today's America. Drawing on transcripts of the judicial hearings, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, hundreds of pages of FBI files released to the author under the Freedom of Information Act, and interviews with many of the participants, Josephine Donovan reconstructs this fascinating, untold story. The Lexington Six is a vital addition to LGBTQ, feminist, and radical American history"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 255 pages
- Contents
-
- Lena and May in Lexington
- FBI Dragnet
- Grand Jury Resistance
- Contempt of Court and Jail
- Jail Time
- Collaboration Versus Resistance
- A Culture of Resistance
- Grand Jury Abuse: Growing Public Awareness
- Jill Raymond Freed
- Concluding Summary and Commentary
- Isbn
- 9781625345431
- Label
- The Lexington Six : lesbian and gay resistance in 1970s America
- Title
- The Lexington Six
- Title remainder
- lesbian and gay resistance in 1970s America
- Statement of responsibility
- Josephine Donovan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "On September 23, 1970, a group of antiwar activists staged a robbery at a bank in Massachusetts, during which a police officer was killed. While the three men who participated in the robbery were soon apprehended, two women escaped and became fugitives on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, eventually landing in a lesbian collective in Lexington, Kentucky, during the summer of 1974. In pursuit, the FBI launched a massive dragnet. Five lesbian women and one gay man ended up in jail for refusing to cooperate with federal officials, whom they saw as invading their lives and community. Dubbed the Lexington Six, the group's resistance attracted national attention, inspiring a nationwide movement in other minority communities. Like the iconic Stonewall demonstrations, this gripping story of spirited defiance has special resonance in today's America. Drawing on transcripts of the judicial hearings, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, hundreds of pages of FBI files released to the author under the Freedom of Information Act, and interviews with many of the participants, Josephine Donovan reconstructs this fascinating, untold story. The Lexington Six is a vital addition to LGBTQ, feminist, and radical American history"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Donovan, Josephine
- Dewey number
- 306.76/60976947
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ76.3.U52
- LC item number
- L4936 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Power, Katherine Ann
- Saxe, Susan
- Gays
- Fugitives from justice
- Civil rights
- Gay rights
- Label
- The Lexington Six : lesbian and gay resistance in 1970s America, Josephine Donovan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Lena and May in Lexington -- FBI Dragnet -- Grand Jury Resistance -- Contempt of Court and Jail -- Jail Time -- Collaboration Versus Resistance -- A Culture of Resistance -- Grand Jury Abuse: Growing Public Awareness -- Jill Raymond Freed -- Concluding Summary and Commentary
- Control code
- on1154524370
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9781625345431
- Lccn
- 2020019277
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40030236647
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1154524370
- Label
- The Lexington Six : lesbian and gay resistance in 1970s America, Josephine Donovan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Lena and May in Lexington -- FBI Dragnet -- Grand Jury Resistance -- Contempt of Court and Jail -- Jail Time -- Collaboration Versus Resistance -- A Culture of Resistance -- Grand Jury Abuse: Growing Public Awareness -- Jill Raymond Freed -- Concluding Summary and Commentary
- Control code
- on1154524370
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9781625345431
- Lccn
- 2020019277
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40030236647
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1154524370
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