Vernita Gray
Subtitle: From Woodstock to the White House
By: by Tracy Baim and Owen Keehnen ; [featuring poetry by Vernita Gray and others]
Contributors: Keehnen, Owen
Edition: 1st ed., Black-and-white ed.
Publisher: Prairie Avenue Productions/Windy City Media Group
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781499388886
Subjects: Interviews; African American women civil rights workers; Biography; African American women political activists; African American lesbians; Lesbian activists; Gay activists; Lesbian feminism; Lesbian separatism; History; Gay liberation movement; African American women poets; African Americans; Civil rights; Same-sex marriage; Race relations
Description: Vernita Gray was an African American gay and civil rights leader who hailed from the South Side district of Chicago. During her meaningful life, she sought for equal rights not only for African American women, but for abused women, the LGBTQ community, the poor, and eventually for legal same-sex marriage rights. Her spirit lives on in this lovely tribute put together by two of her closest friends, and includes memorabilia in several forms throughout.