Tells Fred Harris's many stories: some serious, some funny, and all true. Each story forms a part of this report of a last survivor, a long look back over ninety-three years and counting of a rich life of public service and personal commitment.
Tells Fred Harris's many stories: some serious, some funny, and all true. Each story forms a part of this report of a last survivor, a long look back over ninety-three years and counting of a rich life of public service and personal commitment.
Former US Senator Fred Harris (1930–2024) was a professor emeritus of political science at the University of New Mexico as well a director emeritus of the UNM Fred Harris Congressional Internship Program. He produced twenty nonfiction books on public policy, politics, and government, including the coedited Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States, as well as three novels.
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* Acknowledgments * Prologue. A Last Survivor’s Report * Chapter One. Working for a Living * Chapter Two. Keith Cartwright, a Good Guy from Wapanucka * Chapter Three. From Liberalism to Progressive Populism, a National Career Overview * Chapter Four. I Spent a Night with Comedian Dick Gregory * Chapter Five. Civil Rights and Equity—and the Kerner Commission * Chapter Six. Teaming Up with Mayor John Lindsay * Chapter Seven. LBJ, RFK, and HHH * Chapter Eight. Making the Democratic Party Democratic * Chapter Nine. In the Movie The Candidate with Robert Redford * Chapter Ten. Native Americans and the Return of Taos Pueblo’s Sacred Blue Lake * Chapter Eleven. Never Met Harry Truman but I Did Meet Willie Morris * Chapter Twelve. Bill Moyers Was “Outstanding,” Early and Late * Epilogue. Optimism and Action * Index
* Acknowledgments * Prologue. A Last Survivor’s Report * Chapter One. Working for a Living * Chapter Two. Keith Cartwright, a Good Guy from Wapanucka * Chapter Three. From Liberalism to Progressive Populism, a National Career Overview * Chapter Four. I Spent a Night with Comedian Dick Gregory * Chapter Five. Civil Rights and Equity—and the Kerner Commission * Chapter Six. Teaming Up with Mayor John Lindsay * Chapter Seven. LBJ, RFK, and HHH * Chapter Eight. Making the Democratic Party Democratic * Chapter Nine. In the Movie The Candidate with Robert Redford * Chapter Ten. Native Americans and the Return of Taos Pueblo’s Sacred Blue Lake * Chapter Eleven. Never Met Harry Truman but I Did Meet Willie Morris * Chapter Twelve. Bill Moyers Was “Outstanding,” Early and Late * Epilogue. Optimism and Action * Index
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