Newsletter 8: March 2026

Red Scare, Lavender Song: Moranda Smith, Viola Brown, and Civil Rights Unions, 1943-1969, by Annabelle Heckler

This exhibit shares stories of two of the extraordinary Black women who powered the largest upsurge in union organizing in U.S. history. Moranda Smith and Viola Brown organized a union that inspired workers across the South, dreamed beyond workplace…

“Gays Zap Bell’s Home,” Advocate, 28 Feb. 1973, 28.

“Gays Zap Bell’s Home,”Advocate, 28 Feb. 1973, 28.

Philadelphia Gay News, May 1976, A9.

Philadelphia Gay News, May 1976, A9.

Philadelphia Gay News, 6 Mar. 1976, A20.

Philadelphia Gay News, 6 Mar. 1976, A20.

Gay Alternative, no. 8 (1974).

Gay Alternative, no. 8 (1974).

Ralph W. Davis, “Gay Philadelphia ’76,” Queen's Quarterly, June 1976, 25. 

Ralph W. Davis, “Gay Philadelphia ’76,”Queen's Quarterly,June 1976, 25.

The 1993 March on Washington: A Brief Look Back, by Ron Schlittler

This exhibit looks back at the 1993 March on Washington and features Ron Schlittler's video documentary of the event and his related 1994 University of Oregon Honors College thesis, which he produced while majoring in broadcast journalism and…

Queer Folks These Accused Commies drawn excerpt

FTA convention delegation 1947 courtesy of Bob Korstad annotated

FTA Choir 1946 courtesy of Bob Korstad annotated

Viola and Moranda in union library and education department

10. Tobacco Workers Strike Celebrate Peoples History Poster

“SF State Celebrates VD Awareness Week,” Phoenix, 26 Apr. 1973, 8.

William Gallagher, “Talent (?) Makes Mr. Liberated America,” Phoenix, 26 Apr. 1973, 4.

“Dr. Bossi’s Bag: ‘Silent’ Gonorrhea, A Sleeper,” Phoenix, 26 Apr. 1973, 2.

Paul Thiele, “Universitems: A Pyramid, Here?,” Phoenix, 26 Apr. 1973, 2.

Judy Klein, letter to the editor, Phoenix, 26 Apr. 1973, 2.

Advertisement, EROS, Phoenix, 12 Apr. 1973, 14.

Gloria Choi, “Sex Attitudes Discussed,” Phoenix, 12 Apr. 1973, 14.