Making History / Making Blintzes - How Two Red Diaper Babies Found Each Other and Discovered America (Hardcover)

Making History/Making Blintzes is a chronicle of the political and personal lives of progressive activists Richard (Dick) and Miriam (Mickey) Flacks, two of the founders of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). As active members of the Civil Rights movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement in the 1960s, and leaders in today's social movements, their stories are a first-hand account of progressive American activism from the 1960s to the present. Throughout this memoir, the couple demonstrates that their lifelong commitment to making history through social activism cannot be understood without returning to the deeply personal context of their family history-of growing up "Red Diaper babies" in 1950s New York City, using folk music as self-expression as adolescents in the 1960s, and of making blintzes for their own family through the 1970s and 1980s. As the children of immigrants and first generation Jews, Dick and Mickey crafted their own religious identity as secular Jews, created a critical space for American progressive activism through SDS, and ultimately, found themselves raising an "American" family.

General

Imprint:	Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2018
Authors:	Mickey Flacks • Richard Flacks
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	452
ISBN-13:	978-0-8135-8922-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > History > American history > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-8135-8922-3
Barcode:	9780813589220

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