Gladys Bentley

Early magazine and newspaper articles

Big thanks to David McCain, one of my kindred spirits in chronicaling early queer music history. He painstakingly copied these articles from a library collection (hence the 'second hand' quality on some, but I'm grateful for what we have).

There are three main sources for the articles, The Chicago Defender, New York Daily Mirror, and Ebony Magazine.

Chicago Defender, More...

In the article below, Bentley shows up in page 7

   

   

   

   

   

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