Gender and Sexuality Collections at Georgia State University
The Power of Protest
Protest is well represented across many of the collecting areas in Georgia State University’s Special Collections and Archives, and the Gender and Sexuality Collections include particularly rich offerings. Documents are scattered throughout the collections, as activist donors saved the history of their personal and group activities. Of note are the papers of ACT UP members Andrew Wood and Jim Allen, as well as Project Q member and organizer of the Cracker Barrel “Buy One Campaign,” Carl Owens. Interviews conducted for the Gender and Sexuality Oral History Project further flesh out the history of protest activities.
The Andrew P. Wood Papers have been digitized and are available via the GSU Library’s Digitial Collections.
Participants in the Atlanta Pride parade with a sign that reads “Equal Rights for All,” 1977Photograph — ACT UP member Anthony Ricciardi carries a sign in AIDS walk, Atlanta, Georgia, October 4, 1992Flyer — “Stop State Sponsored Genocide” protest announcementPhotograph — Jeff Graham protesting at City Hall, 1993Photograph — Protesters outside First Baptist Church, 1986, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AJCP178-023bFlyer — “The ABC’s of CD”, Andrew Wood Papers, Q121-001-001-003Photograph — Gay rights activists protest Mayor Maynard Jackson’s veto of the city’s domestic partner benefits legislation, Atlanta, Georgia, July 2, 1993Photograph — ACT UP/Atlanta demonstration outside Winn-Dixie, over firing of an HIV positive employee, Sage Hill Shopping Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 9, 1991.
