Thursday, October 8, 2009

It's Up To Me & You To Prove It

For everyone in Washington DC this Sunday, thank you.
Please remember everyone that came before Me & You:


Barbara Gittings, Washington DC, 1965.

The Ladder, 1965.

Washington DC, May 29, 1965.

Mattachine Society Protest, Washington DC, 1970.

First Pentagon Picket, Washington DC, c. 1965.

Barbara Gittings, Independence Hall, Philadelphia PA, July 4, 1966.

Independence Hall, Philadelphia PA, July 4, 1965.

Picketing Independence Hall, Philadelphia PA, c. 1965.

Barbara Gittings Picketing Independence Hall, Philadelphia PA, 1969.

Pickets from Frank Kameny's archive.

Mattachine Society Washington, Informational Flyer, c. 1965.
(please click through to read)

We've been at it for 45 years.

see also:
Equality Across America - National Equality March
Wikipedia - Mattachine Society
Mattachine Society of Washington DC Resources, especially the constitution, informational flyer, and blackmail questionaire.
Wikipedia - Barbara Gittings
The Kameny Papers: Frank Kameny's Online Archive, please look at the button collection and instructions for picketing in the memorabilia section of the site.
The Rainbow History Project - Early Protests
Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi! We are a group of students doing a film project on gay rights in the civil rights movement, and we are wondering if these images are copyright-free, or are they free to use if our project is purely for educational purposes and will not be publicized. Thank you so much!