African American LGBTQ History Timeline: 20th Century

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Most recent listed first, then in reverse alphabeical order by title.

20th Century

2010, October 26: Maya Angelou: “hold those things that tell your history”, October 26, 2010

2008, December: Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth: "Alain L. Locke: The Biography of a Philosopher," December 2008

2008, February: Hazel Rowley: "Richard Wright; The Life and Times," February 2008

2003: Sakia Gunn

2003: Faith S. Holsaert: "Chosen Girl," 2003

2002: Thaddeus Russell: "The Color of Discipline: Civil Rights and Black Sexuality," 2002

2002: Tim Retzloff: "'Seer or Queer?' Postwar Fascination with Detroit's Prophet Jones," 2002

1996: Sabrina Sojourner

1993: Michel Fabre: "The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright," 1993

1992: Kenneth Reeves

1990’s-2000’s: An Organized Constituency Finds its Power

1969: Atlanta Since Stonewall, 1969-2009: A Local History

1965-1970: John D'Emilio: drag and street fairy life; Chicago, 1965-1970

1957, May. August: Lorraine Hansberry: To "The Ladder," May, August 1957

1951: John D'Emilio, "Bayard Rustin in Chicago," 1951

1950s: Gay Life in 1950's Bronzeville: The Story of Jacques Cristion

1945-1972: Philadelphia LGBT History Project, 1945-1972

1928: Ma Rainey's "Prove It On Me Blues," 1928

1921: Earl Lind (Ralph Werther-Jennie June): The Riddle of the Underworld, VII. VOYEURISM

1912: Tony Jackson Migrates to Chicago

1900-1910: Photograph: "Homosexuals being punished," Canon City, CO: 1900-1910

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