Combahee River Collective
Combahee River Collective members Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith, and Demita Frazier march in a memorial to eleven women of color murdered in the Boston area (1979). A coalition which included the Combahee River Collective, a Boston black feminist group, staged marches, held rallies, and organized to bring attention to the indifference of police and the media to violence against women of color.
Photograph by Ellen Shub
Boston Public Closets
Gay youth protesting homophobia in the Boston Public schools during the Pride march. (1983) This protest took place 10 years before the passage of The Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Student Rights Law.
Photograph by Susan D. Fleischmann
Writer and musician Robin White
Writer and musician Robin White protests Governor Dukakis' support of a ruling to deny the rights of lesbians and gay men to be foster parents.
Photograph by Laura Wulf
George Nolley from Men of All Colors Together
George Nolley, co-chair of Men of All Colors Together, with a panel for the Names Project AIDS quilt commemorating the life of one of the group's members (1986). George Nolley was also present at the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City.
Photograph by Laura Wulf
Craig Cossey and Charles Tarver from the Multicultural AIDS Coalition
Craig Cossey and Charles Tarver waving to crowd from the Multicultural AIDS Coalition banner on Beacon street at the 1991 Pride march.
Photograph by Ellen Shub
Ken Reeves
Ken Reeves, the area's first openly gay African American mayor, presenting the key to the city to President Aristide of Haiti at Cambridge City Hall (1994).
Photograph by Ellen Shub
Belynda Dunn, Barbara Gomes Beach, and the Rev. Carol Johnson
Belynda Dunn of AIDS Action Committee, Barbara Gomes Beach of the Multicultural AIDS Coalition, and the Rev. Carol Johnson of the Harvard Divinity School (1997).
Photograph by Ellen Shub
Phill Wilson at the 1997 Bayard Rustin Breakfast
Keynote speaker Phill Wilson receives a standing ovation at the 1997 Bayard Rustin Breakfast.
Photograph by Craig Bailey
Phill Wilson at the 1997 Bayard Rustin Breakfast
Phill Wilson, keynote speaker at the 1997 Bayard Rustin Breakfast.
Photograph by Craig Bailey
Alice Terson at the 1997 Bayard Rustin Breakfast
Alice Terson, of Gay Men's Health Crisis (New York) Board of Directors at the 1997 Bayard Rustin Breakfast.
Photograph by Craig Bailey
Craig "Shango" Cossey's sister, Mary, and mother, Regina
Craig "Shango" Cossey's sister, Mary, and mother, Regina, accept the Bayard Rustin Award for Courage, presented to Craig Cossey posthumously (1997).
Photograph by Craig Bailey
The Brothers Du Jour
The Brothers Du Jour: Phil Robinson, Thomas Grimes, & Craig Hickman (1997).
Photograph by Craig Bailey
Drag Kings, Sluts, & Goddesses cast
Drag Kings, Sluts, & Goddesses cast.
Photograph by Craig Bailey
The Cast of Muses
The Cast of Muses: Denise Williams, Diane Beckett, Sidn*, Pam Sneed, Comika Griffen, & Craig Hickman (1997).
Photograph by Craig Bailey
Renita Martin
Renita Martin: Actress, writer, & entrepreneur.
Photograph by Craig Bailey
Sistahs of the Yam
Sistahs of the Yam (1998).
Photograph by Craig Bailey
Women's Theatre Project
The Women's Theatre Project present "Silence is Never Golden" (1994).
Photograph by Craig Bailey
Photographers and organizers of "Black and Gay in Black and White"
Photographers and organizers of the exhibition "Black & Gay in Black & White": Denise Simmons, Ellen Shub, Craig Bailey, and Marilyn Humphries.
