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Joseph Beam papers

Title
Joseph Beam papers, 1967-1990.
Author
Beam, Joseph.

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Box 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 455 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 2Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 455 Box 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 3Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 455 Box 3Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Additional Authors
  • Beam, Dorothy.
  • Hemphill, Essex.
  • Smith, Barbara, 1946-
  • Smith, Michael J., 1944-
  • Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994.
  • McCoy, Renee.
  • Parker, Pat, 1944-1989.
  • Delany, Samuel R.
  • Parkerson, Michelle.
  • Robinson, Colin.
  • Garrett, Daniel.
  • Julien, Isaac.
  • Harris, Craig.
  • Walker, Alice, 1944-
  • Lorde, Audre.
  • Dixon, Melvin, 1950-1992.
  • Gerald, Gil.
  • Weddo, Dan.
  • Tate, Percy L.
  • Jenkins, Lawrence.
  • Blackheart Collective (Organization)
Description
7.4 lin. ft. (20 boxes)
Summary
The Joseph Beam papers consist of correspondence, conference materials, prison letters, writings by Beam and other authors, files of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays and its organizational journal "Black/Out", and printed matter.
Subjects
Note
  • Photographs separated to Photographs and Prints Division and are described separately.
Access (note)
  • Series 8 is restricted.
Source (note)
  • Mrs. Dorothy Beam
Biography (note)
  • Born in Philadelphia in 1954, Joseph Beam was an African-American gay rights activist and author who worked to foster greater acceptance of gay life in the Black community by relating the gay experience with the struggle for civil rights in the United States.
Publications (note)
  • Portions published in: Beam, Joseph, ed. In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology. Boston: Alyson Press, 1986.
  • Portion published in: Hemphill, Essex and Joseph Beam, eds and comps. Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men. Boston: Alyson Press, 1991.
  • Portions published in: Black/Out: the Magazine of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays (1986-1987)
Processing Action (note)
  • Processed
  • Catalogued
  • Restriction removal
Call Number
Sc MG 455
OCLC
NYPW92-A223
Author
Beam, Joseph.
Title
Joseph Beam papers, 1967-1990.
Access
Series 8 is restricted.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia in 1954, Joseph Beam was an African-American gay rights activist and author who worked to foster greater acceptance of gay life in the Black community by relating the gay experience with the struggle for civil rights in the United States. After his graduation from Franklin College in rural Indiana in 1976, Beam began working at Giovanni's Room, a gay and lesbian bookstore in Philadelphia, where he became acquainted with local and national gay figures and institutions. His articles and short stories appeared in numerous gay newspapers and publications, including "Au Courant", "Blackheart", "Changing Men", "Gay Community News", "Philadelphia Gay News", "The Advocate", "New York Native", "Body Politic", and the "Windy City Times". He joined the Executive Committee of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays in 1985, and became the editor of their journal "Black/Out". In 1986, he published "In the Life", an anthology of writings by and about Black gay men, to counteract the absence of positive images of gay men of color in the media and the subculture of white gay activists. He was working on a sequel to "In the Life" at the time of his death of HIV related disease in 1989. This work was completed by his mother, Dorothy Beam, and the gay poet Essex Hemphill, and published under the title "Brother to Brother" in 1991.
Publications
Portions published in: Beam, Joseph, ed. In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology. Boston: Alyson Press, 1986.
Portion published in: Hemphill, Essex and Joseph Beam, eds and comps. Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men. Boston: Alyson Press, 1991.
Portions published in: Black/Out: the Magazine of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays (1986-1987)
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Added Author
Beam, Dorothy.
Hemphill, Essex.
Smith, Barbara, 1946-
Smith, Michael J., 1944-
Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994.
McCoy, Renee.
Parker, Pat, 1944-1989.
Delany, Samuel R.
Parkerson, Michelle.
Robinson, Colin.
Garrett, Daniel.
Julien, Isaac.
Harris, Craig.
Walker, Alice, 1944-
Lorde, Audre.
Dixon, Melvin, 1950-1992.
Gerald, Gil.
Weddo, Dan.
Tate, Percy L.
Jenkins, Lawrence.
Blackheart Collective (Organization)
Research Call Number
Sc MG 455
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