My Quest Seeking Progress Since 1960

Lynette Malles shares her journey from civil rights America in the 1960s to Morocco to New York City feminist meetings to the Rising Moon lesbian commune and socialist organizations in the 1970s — back in Minnesota — to a labor union and now, living as a Marxist for 17 years.

By: Lynette Malles

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 1,171

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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My journey toward justice was sparked in 1960, when I was 17. I was raised in racially divided Saint Paul and attended a nearly all-white school, My dad had a brief assignment at a Black university in Nashville. There I met Black students who had participated in lunch counter sit-ins. Scars on the backs of …

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