Episode 587: THE FIFTIES: UNDERGROUND HISTORY-Heroes who blazed trails for the 60s-JAMES GAINES
In his new book, THE FIFTIES: An Underground History, JAMES GAINES asks: Who laid the groundwork for the \u201960s - and then celebrates a few solitary, brave, stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements. Their courage and genius changed what it was possible to imagine. As early as the mid-1940s, Harry Hay said \u201cGay is good.\u201d Pauli Murray laid legal paths for Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Black vets of WWII and Korea said enough is enough. Silent Spring\u2019s Rachel Carson and MIT\u2019s Norbert Wiener warned of potential manmade environmental destruction. You\u2019ll be inspired and you\u2019ll learn a lot. I did.