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  1. Citizen's Committee for the Election of Pauli Murray Campaign Final Remarks

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Springer, Maida
    Date: Dec. 1, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Helen Wishnofsky, Pauli Murray, Sam Curtis, Sidney Laitman
    Description: 1949 letter written by Maida Springer on behalf of the Pauli Murray city councilor campaign reflecting on the election results. Springer remarks that while Murray lost, they still managed to win ov...
  2. Citizen's Committee for the Election of Pauli Murray Letter of Support

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Murray, Pauli
    Date: Oct. 28, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: 1949 letter from the Pauli Murray city councilor campaign. The letter urges Murray's community to respond to the letter asking for feedback on how they'd like Murray to act as a city councilor, as ...
  3. Citizen's Committee for the Election of Pauli Murray Post Office Application Notice

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Springer, Maida
    Date: Oct. 3, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: 1949 Letter from Maida Springer, Pauli Murray's city councilor campaign manager, written to the Stuyvesant Station superintendent (located in Brooklyn, New York City). The letter details the Murray...
  4. City Council for Pauli Murray Blank Letterhead

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: Blank letterhead for the Citizen's Committee for Pauli Murray campaign. The letterhead features the address for the political headquarters and the campaign slogan, "Good government is good housekee...
  5. Endorsement of Pauli Murray

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: 10th Senatorial District, Americans for Democratic Action, Citizens Committee, Citizens Union, City Council, Lawyer, Liberal Party, Pauli Murray
    Description: A document by the Citizens' Committee for the Election of Pauli Murray to the City Council. This document contains an endorsement for Pauli Murray's campaign as the Liberal Party candidate for the ...
  6. Flyer Advertising Sir Lady Java Performance

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: Flyer advertising Sir Lady Java's three-day performance at The Baby Grand West in Harlem, New York. Jazz musician Gerald Wilson is also mentioned.
  7. FTM Newsletter #19

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1992
    Topics: African American transgender people, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Packing (Phallus), Trans men
    Subject: Audre Lorde, Bobby Gene The Art Machine, Gay and Lesbian Historical Society, Herbie (Prosthesis), Humanitarian Award from The Minorities Trust, Lou Sullivan, Magic Johnson, Packers, She Even Chewed Tabacco, The Shanti Project
    Description: Issue 19 of FTM International published in Month Year. Discussions on history of female-crossdressers, concerns about testicular implants, a networking column for correspondence requests, experienc...
  8. Interview with Julienne Brown (Mizz June)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Brown, Julienne (Mizz June)
    Date: May 6, 2016
    Topics: African American transgender people, Allies, Art, Atlantic Coast (North America), Bullying, Celebrities, Christianity, Clothing, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Community life, Creative ability, Creative activities and seat work, Dating, Education, Femininities, Film, Friendship, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labelling, LGBTI community, Love, Migration, Passing (Gender), Passing (Identity), Race, Religion, Representation, Role behavior, Schools, Sex, Sexism, Sexual identity, Spiritual life, Spirituality, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transphobia, Visibility
    Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), FIERCE, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Julienne Brown, also known as “Mizz June”, is a Black trans woman raised in New York. At the time of this oral history, Brown was working as a musician and an actor. In this oral history she speaks...
  9. Interview with Micky Bradford

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Bradford, Micky
    Date: Oct. 4, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Assigned gender, Coming out, Dating, Drag, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Health facilities, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbian community, Medical interventions, Migration, Military, Passing (Gender), Prisons and race relations, Racism, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Southerners on New Ground (SONG), Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOC), Transgender Law Center
    Description: Micky Bradford is a Black queer non-binary trans woman based in Atlanta who co-founded and organized the Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival. At the time of this interview, she was an organizer wit...
  10. Interview with Valerie Spencer

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Spencer, Valerie
    Date: Oct. 5, 2017
    Topics: African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Christianity, Clothing, Depression, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Exorcism, Families, Families, Black, Femininities, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Identity politics, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labeling, Language, Marriage, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychic trauma, Racism, Role behavior, Role models, Schools, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center of Color
    Description: Valerie Spencer is a Black woman (trans) from LA. At the time of the interview, she was working on a Masters in Social Work at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. In the interview, she discusses her di...
  11. Liberal Party Rally Flyer

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Abe Stark, Adolf A. Berle Jr., Harry Uviller, Mark A. Levien, Matthew Diserio, Newbold Morris, Pauli Murray
    Description: 1949 Liberal Party flyer advertising a rally where audiences could meet and listen to the Liberal Party candidates. The rally took place at P.S. 190 on Georgia & Riverdale Avenues, in Brooklyn, NYC...
  12. Memorandum on Pauli Murray

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Liberal Party, Pauli Murray
    Description: Memorandum detailing Pauli Murray's background, education, occupational experience, written works, organization efforts, and miscellaneous awards Murray has won over their lifetime.
  13. Pauli Murray for City Council Flyer

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 8, 1949
    Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Citizens Union, City Council, Lawyer, Liberal Party, Pauli Murray
    Description: An election poster for Pauli Murray, who was running for city council in the Liberal Party. The poster includes: a photo of Pauli Murray, a quotation of endorsement for Pauli Murray made by the Cit...
  14. Pauli Murray for City Councilor Campaign Resume

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: 1933 to 1945
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Citizen's Committee of Children, N.Y. County Lawyer's Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Council for Negro Women, Pauli Murray
    Description: Pauli Murray's resume for their City Councilor campaign. Detailed information on Pauli Murray's educational, occupational, and community-oriented pursuits. Also includes some endorsements by the Am...
  15. Pauli Murray's Family Photograph Album, ca. 1919-1950

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Murray, Pauli
    Date: 1910 to 1950
    Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: Photograph album entitled, "The 'Life and Times' of An American Called Pauli Murray," featuring photos of Pauli Murray through the years, Murray's family and friends, and experiences during Murray'...