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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Donovan, Josephine, 1941-     Subjects     Power, Katherine Ann.     Saxe, Susan.     Gays -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.     Fugitives from justice -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.     Civil rights -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.     Gay rights -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Donovan, Josephine, 1941-       by title:      The Lexington Six : ...       by call number:      306.7660922 D687L     Search the Web     Donovan, Josephine, 1941-     Power, Katherine Ann.     Saxe, Susan.     Gays -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.     Fugitives from justice -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.     Civil rights -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.     Gay rights -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.       MARC Display

The Lexington Six : lesbian and gay resistance in 1970s America / Josephine Donovan. by Donovan, Josephine, 1941- University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Call #: 306.7660922 D687L Subjects Power, Katherine Ann.   Saxe, Susan.   Gays -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.   Fugitives from justice -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.   Civil rights -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies.   Gay rights -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- Case studies. ISBN:  9781625345448 (pbk.) Description:  255 p.: ill.; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.7660922 D687L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.7660922 D687L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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