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Atlanta's Unspoken Past Oral History Project
Video clips, audio clips, and full transcripts of interviews about lesbian and gay history and culture in Atlanta prior to the explosion of gay rights movements in the 1970s.
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Publisher
Atlanta's Unspoken Past Oral History Project, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
Date of Original
2004/2005
Subject
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Gay men--Georgia--Atlanta
Lesbians--Georgia--Atlanta
Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium
oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
transcripts
Type
Moving Image
Sound
Text
Description
This collection includes oral history interviews surrounding lesbian and gay history and culture in Atlanta prior to the explosion of gay rights movements that occurred in cities across the United States in the early 1970s. Gay women and men were asked to share their backgrounds; coming out experiences; reasons for staying in, moving to, or away from Atlanta; recollections of same-sex relationships and local gay life; and ideas about community, race, gender, and religion, region, and sexuality. The collection documents the specific features of Atlanta that facilitated and structured social interactions; the institutions of everyday life (church, school, clubs, sports, etc.) that figured into participants' identities; how work and leisure activities limited or facilitated same-sex friendships and relationships; and how race and gender shaped the everyday lives and experiences of participants. The online collection features clips of two to five minutes in length of each of the interviews. Complete transcripts are available online.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Atlanta History Center
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