We believe in the power of history. Our “Archive Activism” uncovers the historical, original , newly declassified documents, many for the first time, to educate and motivate a new generation of thought leaders, the legal community and the media.
By Charles Francis for Washington Blade As Archive Activists, we eagerly awaited this year’s opening of Republican campaign consultant Arthur J. Finkelstein’s papers at the Library of Congress. Donated by […]
The University of Virginia’s student newspaper “The Cavalier Daily” (CD) published archival features from 1975, when Board of Visitors appointee Bert Ellis “canned” an event featuring gay rights pioneer (and […]
We were thrilled this year to be contacted by Texas artist Wes Holloway about his interest in our archive activism on St. Elizabeths Hospital (for the Insane) in Washington, D.C. […]
June 22, 2022: Wilford Kale for The Virginia Gazette “WILLIAMSBURG – A new archive collection has been established at the College of William & Mary that focuses on American LGBTQ […]
Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. documents to be housed in the new American LGBTQ Political and Legal History archive. May 24, 2022: The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. has donated […]
Thinking historically, with an archivist’s mindset, about Virginia’s direction today by: Charles Francis, Mattachine president “Inherently divisive concepts” in history and education are targeted for review and elimination in Virginia, […]
Ever since we completed research—-our archive activism— at the Leontyne Price Library at HBCU Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, we longed to read something about the great Leontyne Price […]
by: John Gallagher One of the darkest stains on American history was the persecution of LGBTQ people. Bar raids, employment purges, entrapments — the tactics used to harass and ruin […]
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