American Civil Liberties Union of SouthernCalifornia Lesbian & Gay Rights Chapter records 1970-2004 (bulk1976-1995)

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American Civil Liberties Union of SouthernCalifornia Lesbian & Gay Rights Chapter records 1970-2004 (bulk1976-1995)

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This collection comprises minutes, meetingagendas, financial records, correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases,newsletters, publications, legal papers, subject files, notes, photographs,ephemera, and a videocassette relating to the on-going activities of theLesbian & Gay Rights Chapter of the American Civil Liberties UnionFoundation of Southern California (ACLU-LGRC), in Los Angeles. The LGRC is thefirst ACLU chapter in the United States to address the civil rights of gay men,lesbians, bisexual and transgender people. The earliest materials in thecollection date before the founding of the LGRC and document the gay- andlesbian-related activities of the ACLU--including the Rights of HomosexualsCommittee (1973 - 1976) and the Gay Rights Panel (1975 - 1976). The collectionspans the founding of the LGRC in August 1976 up to 2004. However, the bulk ofthe materials come from the years 1976 to 1995.

25 archive boxes + 1 oversizearchive box.; 13 linear feet.

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Gay Rights Chapter

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Reynolds, Michael E.

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American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), established in 1920, originally began as the American Union Against Militarism in 1915, later becoming the National Civil Liberties Bureau in 1917. The ACLU of Southern California was established in Los Angeles in 1924. From the description of Records, ca. 1935- (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38514275 ...

American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...

Davidson, Jon W.

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ACLU Foundation of Southern California

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American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter

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Administrative History Since the early and mid-1960s, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) affiliates took on the cases of founders of the Mattachine Society, members of the Daughters of Bilitis, and publishers of gay and lesbian publications such as One Magazine to challenge the federal government's exclusions of lesbians and gay men from civil service jobs, to fight police entrapment and bathhouse raids, and to end post office censorship. ...

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

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Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter

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McGrievy, Susan

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Judge, Peter Thomas

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ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter

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ACLU

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