Black History Month: February 2012
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Bronzeville, Chicago
- Cabello, Tristan. Queer Bronzeville : An Overview
Creoli, Jan
Hansberry, Lorraine
Jackson, Tony
Kelly, Trent
- "Hidden in the Open: A Photographic Essay of Afro American Male Couples"
- An amazing, wonderful collection of 146 photos of Black men together, dating from the 19th century: they're photos about "romantic friendship", and intimacy between men, and once in a while the gaydar goes off loud and clear.
- See also: Ibson, John
Picturing African American Men with Men
- Photographs of black men with men, from the collection of John Ibson. See also: Kelly, Trent.
Rainey, "Ma"
Rustin, Bayard
Sewally, Peter
- Katz, Jonathan Ned: "Peter Sewally - Mary Jones, June 11, 1836"
- Katz, Jonathan Ned and Tavia Nyong'o: Visualizing the Man-Monster: Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, New York City, 1836
- Nyong'o, Tavia. "The Man-Monster: A Sapphic Tale of 1830s New York", April 8, 2011
Smith, Bessie
Van Dyke, Henry
Wright, Richard
- Fabre, Michel: "The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright," 1993
- Rowley, Hazel: "Richard Wright; The Life and Times," February 2008
- Sinclair (Seid): "Wasteland," 1946
- Wright provides a glowing blurb for a 1946 novel about a lesbian affirming her sexuality and her brother affirming his Jewish heritage.