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People v. Long
Thompson, tireless and unrelenting, brought her case to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. There her lawyers argued eloquently that it was “astonishing” that a judge would issue an order that would “have the effect of limiting Sharon Kowalski’s contact with Thompson and the love Karen feels for her.” The lawyers demanded to know, “In what moral framew
... See moreLillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
“Only family are allowed in. You need to find her next of kin,” was the answer. Strong and Fleming had had a commitment ceremony, officiated by Fleming’s progressive aunt, who’d been a nun for sixteen years. But a commitment ceremony had no legal standing.
Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
People v. Lippert
Behind the monument was my destination: the First African Baptist Church of Savannah. It is the oldest Black church in North America. It was constituted in 1777, but first organized in 1773 by Pastor George Leile. Leile departed several years later. After fighting on the side of the British in the Revolutionary War, he was granted his freedom and,
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
“I had much rather starve in England, a free woman than be a slave for the best man that ever breathed upon the American continent.”