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Gays -- Civil rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Edgar (Eddie) Sandifer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2011-012
Abstract

The collection comprises organizational records and personal papers of Mississippi civil rights activist Edgar Sandifer, 1929-2014. Organizational materials include his administrative, financial, promotional, and legal records as part of the Mississippi Gay Alliance (MGA), Persons with AIDS/HIV Project (PWA), Jackson Gray Panthers (JGP), and People's Anti-War Mobilization (PAM). The personal materials include photographs, memorabilia, and personal papers.

Dates: 1929-2014; Majority of material found within 1950-1998

We Are Everywhere, International Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2011-100
Abstract Flyers, correspondence, annual reports, press releases, position statements, articles, meeting notes, meeting minutes, and bylaws documenting activities of the gay human rights organization, We Are Everywhere, International (WAEI), 1975-1981. WAEI invoked Article II of the United Nations' 1946 Convention on Genocide (which specified victims as "multi-national communities universally distributed which clearly suffer from genocide") as a legal basis for organized international opposition to...
Dates: 1975-1981; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1979

Edward Westrick collection on Veterans Council for American Rights and Equality

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2009-018
Abstract Minutes, correspondence, newsletters, clippings, manuscripts, notes, financial records, flyers, photographs, audiocassettes, textiles, memorabilia and other material relating to the gay and lesbian veterans' organization, Veterans Council for American Rights and Equality (Veterans CARE), founded in Los Angeles in 1984 by James Highland. The bulk of the materials was collected and donated by Edward Westrick, who served as the organization's Commander, and relates to the activities of the Los...
Dates: 1920 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1984 - 1997