A story about sociology’s past from Ralph Turner’s son [HT: Brayden]:
At the San Francisco Hilton in 1969, as Ralph stepped forward for his ASA presidential address, the crowning moment of a storied career, an energetic group of radical sociologists streamed down the aisles and took the stage. They announced that Ho Chi Minh had died that day and instead of listening to mainstream sociology we would have a memorial for Ho! Ralph handled the crisis with surprising grace: tipped off in advance, he had booked another ballroom. Thus Ho Chi Minh in one room, Ralph Turner in another.
Not everyone was given a room at the 1969 ASAs:
Pamela Ann Roby, “The Women’s 1969 Sociology Caucus, Sociologists for Women in Society and the ASA:A Forty Year Retrospective of Women on the Move”
http://www.socwomen.org/the-womens-1969-sociology-caucus/
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