Coors Boycott Committee Collection Bulk, 1975-1981 1975-1997

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Coors Boycott Committee Collection Bulk, 1975-1981 1975-1997

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Correspondence, memoranda, resolutions, flyers, articles, clippings, reports, sworn statements, newsletters, publicity, photographs, pamphlets, petitions, and ephemera documenting the activities of the Coors Boycott Committee (CBC), 1975-1997. Based in Los Angeles, the CBC advocated and coordinated gay and lesbian support for a boycott of Coors beer to protest the company's discriminatory employment and financial practices.

1.0 linear foot.; [16 folders]

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.

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Coors Boycott Committee.

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Historical Note The Los Angeles based Coors Boycott Committee was formed in 1977 by gay activist Morris Kight and others to advocate and coordinate a gay and lesbian boycott of Coors Brewery products. By this time Coors was already the target of boycotts by lesbians and gays, feminists, and other marginalized groups; as well as strikes by organized labor unions due to company practices that included invasions of employee privacy, discriminati...

Coors Brewing Company

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