Greg Kamm papers 1963-2009

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Greg Kamm papers 1963-2009

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Student activist who was involved with SDS, co-founded Kalamazoo Gay Liberation at Western Michigan University in 1970, and was involved with the Gay Liberation Movement at Michigan State University in the early 1970s. Greg Kamm later became an ESL teacher and served in the Peace Corps before teaching English in Thailand, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia. Collection includes photographs, personal journals, and papers documenting Kamm’s involvement with various organizations.

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Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)

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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is a radical student group that descended from the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS) which was founded in 1905. The ISS changed its name in 1921 to the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), a social-democratic educational and organizational group. Its student branch, the Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID), merged with National Student League in 1935 to form American Student Union (ASU) but soon split over ASUs alleged communist affiliati...

Gay Liberation Movement (East Lansing, Mich.)

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Kamm, Greg, 1950-2008.

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Member of SDS (Students for Democratic Society) at Western Michigan University and leader in two early Michigan Gay Rights groups, Kalamazoo Gay Liberation and the Gay Liberation Movement (in East Lansing): Worked as an English as a Second Language teacher in Lansing before serving in the Peace Corps and teaching English in Thailand, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia. Also worked for UNESCO in Laos, observed elections in South Africa and Mozambique, and traveled widely through Europe, Asia, and Afri...

Kalamazoo Gay Liberation.

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