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Queer Bedfellows: Huey Newton, Homophobia, and Black Activism in Cold War America

Poston, Lance E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1337961685

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, History (Arts and Sciences).
This thesis explores the experiences of black gay activists in Cold War America. First, the project highlights the lives of black gay men like Bayard Rustin and Aaron Henry who were prominent leaders in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. After isolating the major issues these activists faced within black communities as a result of their sexuality, the remainder of the thesis focuses on a new vision of gay acceptance in radical black circles first presented by Black Panther leader Huey Newton in 1970. In short, Newton believed that blacks should form a radical coalition with gays as a way to strengthen both groups in opposition to the dominant social and political hierarchies of Cold War America. In the end, however, Newton was not able to form such a coalition because of notions of respectability that governed many civil rights organizations' agendas and the socially conservative nature of mainline black churches.
Katherine Jellison (Advisor)
Kim Little (Committee Member)
Kevin Mattson (Committee Member)
86 p.
American History
Civil Rights Movement; Gender; Gay Activism; Huey Newton; Black Panther Party

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  • Poston, L. E. (2012). Queer Bedfellows: Huey Newton, Homophobia, and Black Activism in Cold War America [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1337961685

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Poston, Lance. Queer Bedfellows: Huey Newton, Homophobia, and Black Activism in Cold War America. 2012. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1337961685.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Poston, Lance. "Queer Bedfellows: Huey Newton, Homophobia, and Black Activism in Cold War America." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1337961685

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