Maj. James A. Ellison returns the salute of Cadet Mac Ross during an inspection at Tuskegee, January 1942. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USW33-001228-C.
Army Air Corps cadets being welcomed in front of the Booker T. Washington Monument at the Tuskegee Institute, August 1941. Courtesy of the National Archives, 531132.
Betsy Graves Reyneau, Keep Us Flying!, 1943. This World War II bond-drive poster depicts Tuskegee Airman Lt. Robert W. Deiz. Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, NMAAHC 2011.168.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in a Piper J-3 Cub trainer with Tuskegee Institute flight instructors C. Alfred “Chief” Anderson and Director of Training Lewis Jackson, March 1941. Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell Air Force…
Oscar Armstrong Kenney (bottom left) and his housemates at Noah Hall on the Oberlin campus in 1941. Courtesy of the Oberlin College Archives.
Oscar Armstrong Kenney (top right) and fellow members of the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association, an organization supporting educational exchange with China, in 1941. Courtesy of the Oberlin College Archives.
Oscar Armstrong Kenney’s sophomore portrait from the 1941 Oberlin College Hi-O-Hi yearbook. Courtesy of the Oberlin College Archives, Oberlin, Ohio.
Oscar Armstrong Kenney (top right) with Boy Scouts Troop 20, Montclair, New Jersey, c. 1927. Courtesy of the Montclair History Center.
The Kenney children, c. 1923. Left to right: John Jr., Elizabeth, Oscar, and Howard. Courtesy of the Kenney Family Archives, Atlanta.
Oscar Armstrong Kenney climbing into a Waco UPF-7 training plane, c. 1942. He likely sent this photograph to Bernard Perlin from Tuskegee. Courtesy of the Bernard Perlin Archives.
Oscar Armstrong Kenney, 1940. Courtesy of the Bernard Perlin Archives, Chicago.
This exhibit highlights Quaker endeavors and projects aimed at supporting the advancement of gay, lesbian, and bisexual rights in the United States from 1946 to 1973. During this period, Quakers established the first organization in the nation aimed…
Colonel Jean P. Sams to Richard Schlegel, 29 June 1961, Richard Schlegel Files #7306, Box 2, File 6, Cornell University, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Professor E.G. Ressencourt to Governor William F. Quinn, 21 July 1959, Richard Schlegel Files #7306, Box 1, Cornell University, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Alison Bechdel Birthday Bio
Pei-Hsien Lim Birthday Bio
Randy Wicker Birthday Bio
Ma Rainey Birthday Bio
Gladys Bentley Birthday Bio
Elaine Mikels, flyer for Just Lucky I Guess: From Closet Lesbian to Radical Dyke, 1993, Printed ephemera, Mikels (Elaine) Papers, Box 1, Folder 13, June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.