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Civil rights -- Rhode Island

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

AIDS Quilt RI records

 Collection
Identifier: 109-02-06
Scope and Contents The collection contains administrative and organizational records, papers, newspaper clippings and photographs. Photographs show a range of individual AIDS Quilt panels as well as displays of the panels throughout New England. Additional photos show quilt panels displayed at regional and national conferences. Papers in the collection primarily include administrative records of NAMES Project RI and materials relating to displays of AIDS Quilt panels in Rhode Island and regionally....
Dates: 1991 - 2010

Equity Action oral history collection

 Item
Identifier: 109-07-03
Scope and Contents

The collection includes oral history recordings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people in Rhode Island. The interviews document experiences related to identity including sexuality, gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity as well as art and creative expression, dating, marriage and families, activism, religious faith, social life and occupations.

Dates: 2020

R. Tripp Evans and Edward B. Cabral Marriage Equality Collection

 Item
Identifier: 109-04-02
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials and ephemera created and collected by R. Tripp Evans and Edward B. Cabral related to the fight for marriage equality in the state of Rhode Island, including but not limited to photographs, newspapers, promotional video, t-shirts, and protest signage. Items from the nonprofit organizations Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI) and Rhode Islanders United for Marriage are represented here as well. This collection also features photographs, stationery, and...
Dates: 2008 - 2021

High School Homophobia video

 Item — Box Multi-Collection Box : [Barcode: 31116021976623]
Identifier: 109-03-08
Scope and Contents

This documentary video documents the cultural attitudes of teenagers in the 1990s related to homosexuality and LGBTQ civil rights. Content warning - this video does include hate speech and derogatory language.

Dates: 1994