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African American drag queen

Image

Unidentified African American drag queen standing in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; she's wearing a light blue...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

African American man detained by a white policemen

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Detained African American man with two white male police officers. The civilian's left hand is in the custody of the first police officer, while his...

Date Published
April-10-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

African American man holding a sign on Grand Boulevard

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An African American man standing on the sidewalk with a sign that reads "KPRS Employees Protest [???] Low Wages" on Grand Boulevard; light photo.

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

African American man speaking into microphone at Grand Boulevard

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An African American man is standing in the center of the photo wearing a brown suit and speaking into a microphone on Grand Boulevard; partially...

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

African American man speaking into microphone on Grand Boulevard

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An African American man wearing a white polo shirt is speaking into a microphone on Grand Boulevard in the center of the photo; light photo.

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks slightly off to his left as he sits and plays an acoustic guitar in a close-up photograph...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, has a far-off look in his eyes as he sits and sings into a microphone and plays a resonator guitar...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Alvin Youngblood Hart

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Alvin Youngblood Hart, blues guitarist and singer, looks seriously to his left as he sits behind a microphone and plays a resonator guitar.

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bad lighting and a short skirt

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Two unidentified African American drag queens posing in bad lighting at an unidentified venue in Kansas City; the one on the right is wearing a blonde...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Black Panther members and others with crowd in front of the Jackson County Courthouse

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Black Panther members are joined by a large group of white men and women lined up behind them on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse. Four...

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Black Panther members with crowd in front of the Jackson County Courthouse

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Black Panther members with crowd on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse; dark photo.

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Close-up of crowd at City Hall

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A crowd of African American people gathered outside of City Hall, facing various directions. An unidentified white man is in the background with a...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Close-up of crowd at the Jackson County Courthouse

Image

Close-up of crowd (African American and white men) standing on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse. The crowd is looking directly ahead of them...

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Close-up of small crowd marching down the street

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Close-up of small crowd marching down the street. Two African American men are riding on hood of car in the left portion of the photo.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Close-up of small crowd marching down the street

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Close-up of small crowd marching down the street. A white male priest with black coat and white collar is among them.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd and police gathered at Parade Park

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Crowd and Police at Parade Park; view from East 17th Terrace and Vine. In the right portion of the photo, a white policeman stands next to his...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd at City Hall

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A crowd gathers around an African American man speaking with his hand raised, pointing ahead of him.

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd gathered outside the Jackson County Courthouse

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Crowd gathered outside the Jackson County Courthouse on Grand Boulevard. An African American woman in the center of the crowd is holding a microphone...

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Crowd standing on Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse

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Crowd is standing on Grand Boulevard at the Jackson County Courthouse. While a man speaks in the crowd, several people of the press stand around him...

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Dancing at the Colony Club

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Two unidentified drag queens (one white, one African American) dancing near the tables at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; both are wearing...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Dancing to the Rythm Kings

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Unidentified white drag queen competing in a drag ball, with the white male emcee in front of microphone and the Kings of Rythm [sic] on the bandstand...

Date Published
1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

Five African American men standing on stone wall speaking to white policemen

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Five African American men in suits stand along the stone wall in heated talks with white male police officers outside Lincoln High School. An African...

Date Published
April-10-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Five Black Panther leaders on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse

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Five Black Panther Party members on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse. The men are wearing black berets, black jackets, and have their fists...

Date Published
May-01-1969
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Five people sitting on top of a car

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Five African American people riding on top of car. At the front of the car sits a person wearing white pants, a black sweater, and a hat; damaged...

Date Published
April-09-1968
Member of
1968 Riot Collection

Friends together

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Unidentified African-American drag queen posing for a photo with an unidentified white man at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she is wearing...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

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  • 1968 Riot Collection (27)
  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (8)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (7)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (43)

Genres

  • Color photographs (43)
  • Snapshots (27)
  • Transparencies (27)
  • Group portraits (8)
  • Portrait photographs (8)
  • (-) Slides (43)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (36)
  • 1991-2000 (4)
  • 2001-2010 (3)

Subjects

  • Civil rights movements (27)
  • Men, White (23)
  • Demonstrations (21)
  • Crowds (11)
  • African American women (10)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (9)
  • Gay bars (9)
  • Gay men (9)
  • Police (7)
  • Drag queens (6)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Drag shows (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Pin-back buttons (1)
  • Pirates (1)
  • Police brutality (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Tile facades (1)
  • (-) African American men (43)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • White gay men (7)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (7)
  • African American gay men (6)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (6)
  • LGBTQ+ events (4)
  • White lesbians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (27)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (9)
  • Grand Boulevard (4)
  • Parade Park (2)
  • 17th Terrace (1)

Subjects, People

  • Hart, Alvin Youngblood, 1963- (3)
  • Redman, Joshua (2)
  • Cotton, James, 1935-2017 (1)
  • Whitfield, Mark (1)

Date Published

  • 1969-05-01 (14)
  • 1968-04-09 (9)
  • 1968-04-10 (4)
  • 1968-11 (4)
  • 1967-10 (3)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 2001 (3)
  • 2004 (3)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1994 (1)

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