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For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded itJune 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising - the most significant event in the gay liberation movement and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing fromthe New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of firsthand accounts, diaries, periodic literature and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that documented both the years leading up to and the years following the riots. Most importantly, this anthology shines a light on forgotten figures who were pivotal in the movement, such as Lee Brewster, head of the Queens Liberation Front and Ernestine Eckstine, one of the few out, African American, lesbian activists in the 1960s.
CONTRIBUTORS: Jason Baumann, Edmund White
EAN: 9780143133513
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 268 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
WIDTH: 133 cm
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Book Themes:
Literary essays, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Human rights, civil rights, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Social and cultural history
Jason Baumann (External Editor) Jason Baumann is coordinator of humanities and LGBT Collections at the New York Public Library, where he develops and promotes literature, philosophy, and religion collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.Baumann coordinates the Library's LGBT Initiative, for which he has curated two exhibitions--1969: The Year of Gay Liberation and Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism. Baumann will curate a major Stonewall exhibit at NYPL for 2019.
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For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded itJune 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising - the most significant event in the gay liberation movement and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing fromthe New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of firsthand accounts, diaries, periodic literature and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that documented both the years leading up to and the years following the riots. Most importantly, this anthology shines a light on forgotten figures who were pivotal in the movement, such as Lee Brewster, head of the Queens Liberation Front and Ernestine Eckstine, one of the few out, African American, lesbian activists in the 1960s.
CONTRIBUTORS: Jason Baumann, Edmund White
EAN: 9780143133513
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 268 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
WIDTH: 133 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Literary essays, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Human rights, civil rights, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Social and cultural history
Jason Baumann (External Editor) Jason Baumann is coordinator of humanities and LGBT Collections at the New York Public Library, where he develops and promotes literature, philosophy, and religion collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.Baumann coordinates the Library's LGBT Initiative, for which he has curated two exhibitions--1969: The Year of Gay Liberation and Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism. Baumann will curate a major Stonewall exhibit at NYPL for 2019.
