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Resources for African American History Month

Resources for African American History Month

Interested in adding some folks to your lessons in February:

Marsha P. Johnson – https://marshap.org/

The Gay Trailblazer of the Harlem Renaissance: Biographer Jeffrey C. Stewart  on Alain LeRoy Locke

https://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/07/17/alain-leroy/

Richard Bruce Nugent

https://www.leslielohman.org/project/richard-bruce-nugent/

NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/theme/the-harlem-renaissance/

Joan Armatrading on touring, inspiration

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/MUSIC-Joan-Armatrading-on-touring-inspiration/51026.html

June Jordan

http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/gaybears/jordan/

Toshi Reagon’s Truths

https://www.dailyxtra.com/toshi-reagons-truths-16526

A Portrait of Iconic Gay African Writers: This Video of Binyavanga Wainaina & Diriye Osman Is Everything

https://brittlepaper.com/2018/08/a-portrait-of-iconic-gay-african-writers-this-video-of-binyavanga-wainaina-and-diriye-osman-is-everything/

Here are more links!

https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/BlackHeroes_13_1.pdf

https://www.pride.com/activism/2019/2/01/8-inspiring-queer-black-icons-you-should-know-about

https://www.glaad.org/blog/18-black-lgbtq-creators-rise

https://www.glad.org/post/honoring-black-lgbtq-icons/

https://www.ebony.com/exclusive/10-black-lgbt-icons-who-changed-history/

http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/lorraine-hansberry/lesbian-writing

Research: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/census-lgbt-demographics-studies/lgbt-african-american-oct-2013/

 

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