What: Book Launch and Virtual Radical History Tour for Wherever There's A Fight (Heyday Books)
Who: Authors Elaine
Elinson and Stan Yogi Where: Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Cost: FREE
Public info: 415 282-9246, www.moderntimesbookstore.com
Contact: Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha, Community Events Coordinator, events@moderntimesbookstore.com
Free!
All Modern Times events are wheelchair accessible and open to all ages.
The first-ever account of the struggle to develop and protect rights in
the Golden State, Wherever There's a Fight captures the sweeping story
of how freedom and equality have grown in California, from the gold
rush right up to the precarious post-9/11 era. The book tells the
stories of the brave individuals, from early Chinese immigrants
subjected to discriminatory laws to those of professionals who
challenged McCarthyism, who have stood up for their rights in the face
of social hostility, physical violence, economic hardship, and
political stonewalling.
In their presentation at Modern Times,
the authors will take the audience through a virtual civil liberties
tour tour of San Francisco with photos and stories of all the civil
liberties hot spots that you may pass by every day, never realizing the
struggles that took place there 20, 50, or 150 years ago.
Through
inspired story-telling, this comprehensive book tracks the struggles of
California's many diverse peoples for full humanity. Wherever There's a
Fight is not only a definitive reference book, it's an engaging
must-read for anyone who cares about the people's history that shaped
civil liberties far beyond the Golden State."
—Helen Zia, author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American
People
About the Authors:
Elaine
Elinson was the communications director of the ACLU of Northern
California and editor of the ACLU News for more than two decades. She
is a coauthor of Development Debacle: The World Bank in the
Philippines, which was banned by the Marcos regime. Her articles have
been published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the San Francisco
Chronicle, The Nation, Poets and Writers, and numerous other
periodicals. She is married to journalist Rene CiriaCruz and they have
one son.
Stan Yogi has managed development programs for the ACLU
of Northern California since 1997. He is the coeditor of two books,
Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California's Great Central
Valley and Asian American Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. His
work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, MELUS, Los Angeles
Daily Journal, and several anthologies. He is married to nonprofit
administrator David Carroll and lives in Oakland.
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