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Full-Text Articles in African American Studies
Freedom Indivisible: Gays And Lesbians In The African American Civil Rights Movement, Jared E. Leighton
Freedom Indivisible: Gays And Lesbians In The African American Civil Rights Movement, Jared E. Leighton
Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This work documents the role of sixty gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals in the African American civil rights movement in the pre-Stonewall era. It examines the extent of their involvement from the grassroots to the highest echelons of leadership. Because many lesbians and gays were not out during their time in the movement, and in some cases had not yet identified as lesbian or gay, this work also analyzes how the civil rights movement, and in a number of cases women’s liberation, contributed to their identity formation and coming out. This work also contributes to our understanding of opposition to …
Interview Of Mary Butler, Mary Butler, Zach Bower
Interview Of Mary Butler, Mary Butler, Zach Bower
All Oral Histories
Mary (King) Butler was born in 1942 in King and Queen County, Virginia. Her parents are Hayes and Blanche King. Her father’s parents were Archie King, Sr. and Rossie King. Her mother’s parents were Joshua and Peggie Whiting. Mary is the oldest of four children. Her two brothers were born in 1943 and 1951, and her sister was born in 1961. Her nuclear family lived close to her father’s parent’s farm in Plainview, VA. Her family was active in both Union Prospect Baptist Church and First Baptist Church.
Butler worked often on her grandparent’s farm as a child. Butler and …
Ua12/2/7 Student Affairs - Panhellenic Council, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/7 Student Affairs - Panhellenic Council, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Panhellenic Council.
Ua19/16/1 Cross Country / Track & Field Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations
Ua19/16/1 Cross Country / Track & Field Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations
WKU Archives Records
WKU track and field media guide for 2013-14 season.
"The Real Ida May: A Fugitive Tale In The Archives", Mary Niall Mitchell
"The Real Ida May: A Fugitive Tale In The Archives", Mary Niall Mitchell
Mary Niall Mitchell
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