Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and Changing America's SchoolsBeacon Press, 15/05/2007 - 280 páginas 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 that fight. Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son earned an A- in Entertainment Weekly, was featured in Salon and The Advocate, and was called "a great read" by People. |
Índice
Deathbeds Are Waiting | 1 |
Happy Birthday to Me | 13 |
The Road to Salvation Part One | 21 |
The Road to Salvation Part Two | 43 |
Tests of Allegiance | 63 |
Getting Out | 87 |
Harvard Boy | 105 |
Going Back In | 131 |
Getting Organized | 179 |
Making History | 195 |
Going National | 211 |
Going Home | 231 |
Alpha and Omega | 247 |
Epilogue | 259 |
Acknowledgments | 263 |
Out for Good | 153 |
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Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Growing Up, Coming Out, and Changing ... Kevin Jennings Pré-visualização limitada - 2006 |
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