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Not straight, not white : black gay men from the march on Washington to the AIDS crisis / Kevin J. Mumford.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culturePublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469628073
  • 1469628074
  • 9781469626857
  • 1469626853
Other title:
  • Black gay men from the march on Washington to the AIDS crisis
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Not straight, not whiteDDC classification:
  • 306.76/6208996073 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ76.27.A37 M86 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : corrections 1 -- Losing the march -- Untangling black pathology -- Payne and pulp -- The limits of liberation -- The disavowal of Brother Grant-Michael Fitzgerald -- In the life of Joseph Beam -- The last crises of James Tinney -- Mobilizations and memorials -- Epilogue. Carrying on.
Summary: This compelling book recounts the history of black gay men from the 1950s to the 1990s, tracing how the major movements of the times--from civil rights to black power to gay liberation to AIDS activism--helped shape the cultural stigmas that surrounded race and homosexuality. In locating the rise of black gay identities in historical context, Kevin Mumford explores how activists, performers, and writers rebutted negative stereotypes and refused sexual objectification. Examining the lives of both famous and little-known black gay activists--from James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin to Joseph Beam and Brother Grant-Michael Fitzgerald--Mumford analyzes the ways in which movements for social change both inspired and marginalized black gay men. Drawing on an extensive archive of newspapers, pornography, and film, as well as government documents, organizational records, and personal papers, Mumford sheds new light on four volatile decades in the protracted battle of black gay men for affirmation and empowerment in the face of pervasive racism and homophobia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : corrections 1 -- Losing the march -- Untangling black pathology -- Payne and pulp -- The limits of liberation -- The disavowal of Brother Grant-Michael Fitzgerald -- In the life of Joseph Beam -- The last crises of James Tinney -- Mobilizations and memorials -- Epilogue. Carrying on.

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This compelling book recounts the history of black gay men from the 1950s to the 1990s, tracing how the major movements of the times--from civil rights to black power to gay liberation to AIDS activism--helped shape the cultural stigmas that surrounded race and homosexuality. In locating the rise of black gay identities in historical context, Kevin Mumford explores how activists, performers, and writers rebutted negative stereotypes and refused sexual objectification. Examining the lives of both famous and little-known black gay activists--from James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin to Joseph Beam and Brother Grant-Michael Fitzgerald--Mumford analyzes the ways in which movements for social change both inspired and marginalized black gay men. Drawing on an extensive archive of newspapers, pornography, and film, as well as government documents, organizational records, and personal papers, Mumford sheds new light on four volatile decades in the protracted battle of black gay men for affirmation and empowerment in the face of pervasive racism and homophobia.

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