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.

Ebony, August 1952

Ebony was then an "oversized" magazine, making xeroxing a challenge, so there are some page overlaps to try to get it all

I would LOVE to get a hold of an original issue of the August 1952 Ebony, if you can help, let me know

Letters to the Editor, Ebony, October 1952

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