Tag Archives: Black History

Bigotry Still Rules : The Special Suffering of Gay Americans

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin was fired from the Friendship for Reconciliation, a pacifist group, for being gay. The way anti-gay bigotry works is that a great deal of the violence and suffering is conducted away from the public eye. … Continue reading →

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Tim Black, Barack Obama and all that Chicago Jazz

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Chicago historian and activist Timuel D.(Tim)Black turned 90 with lots of jazz and a tribute from Barack Obama. This was also posted in Mike Klonsky’s blog, Small Talk, covering the Small Schools Workshop and its battles, a place where a … Continue reading →

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