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City Lights was the inspiration of Peter D. Martin, who relocated from New York City to San Francisco in the 1940s to teach sociology.He first used City Lights, in homage to the Chaplin film, in 1952 as the title of a magazine, publishing early work by such key Bay Area writers as Philip Lamantia, Pauline Kael, Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, and Ferlinghetti himself, as "Lawrence Ferling".
The store has remained independent and family-owned since its founding, [1] and it is considered a community space for African-American and literary culture in the San Francisco Bay Area. [3] The former bookstore building, located at 1712–1716 Fillmore Street has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark, since 2013. [4]
From the beginning, Kepler's Books was an activist enterprise in consciousness-raising through book-selling, like Ferlinghetti's City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, or Cody's Books in Berkeley. Through their bookstore Roy Kepler and Ira Sandperl mentored the most prominent young activists of the anti-Vietnam-war movement in the 1960's. [5] [6]
Family Christian was first founded under the name Zondervan in 1931 by brothers Bernie and Pat Zondervan, the company's website explains. The company, which was first renamed Family Bookstores in ...
Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco wikimapia photos: 2116 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, California Incorporated 1913 [40] Dissolved 1973 Seated 1000. Now houses Iglesia ni Cristo. Crim, William H. Greek Revival 1923-1925 built [41] Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco 2012 newsletter image: 1984 Great Highway, San ...
Christian Sutherland-Wong took over as CEO of job-review site Glassdoor in January 2020 after five years in various roles across the firm—including COO, head of product, and president.
By the 8th century, most of Anglo-Saxon England and the Frankish Empire was de jure Christian. In the 8th century, the Franks became standard-bearers of Roman Catholic Christianity in Western Europe, waging wars on its behalf against Arian Christians, Islamic invaders, and pagan Germanic peoples such as the Saxons and Frisians.
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