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African Americans
Arriving in Detroit in 1938, Reverend James F. Jones quickly gained a cult following that bestowed him with a fleet of cars, a mansion, and a $13,000…
Activism
On numerous occasions during the early 1970s, Ann Arbor lesbians and gays took to the streets to protest discriminatory actions by businesses and…
Bars and Nightclubs
Detroit's Palmer Park neighborhood became a magnet for gays in the late 1970s and early 1980s which lead to the establishment of many businesses and…
Bars and Nightclubs
W. Dorr Legg helped found the homophile organization ONE and its magazine in the early 1950s. William Kern, a.k.a. Bill Dakota, a member of ONE,…
Organizations
Ann Arbor native W. Dorr Legg helped found the homophile organization ONE and its magazine in the early 1950s. Legg remained leader of the Los…
Activism
Considerably more conservative than the new generation of post-Stonewall politicized gays, ONE in Detroit served a more social than political role…
Coming Out
World War II is seen as a watershed in the formation of gay and lesbian communities in the United States. The mass mobilization exposed thousands,…
Bars and Nightclubs
Ralph O'Reilly and Ralph Stallings met at a cocktail party in 1949. After living in Detroit for ten years, the couple moved to a farmhouse in…
Couples
The longtime couple is shown outside their Davisburg farmhouse where Stallings had a noted bonzai garden. A few years later they moved to San Diego,…
Books
Sarah Emma Edmonds served as a male nurse in Company F of the Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Her memoir became a best…