Category Archives: Media

Are These Photos of Baltimore Lesbians in the 1920s?

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Scott Huffines

I stumbled on these wonderful photos of 1920s Baltimore women on Ebay. Were they lesbians? Was one a drag queen? Were they dressing up for Halloween or a party? Were they expressing their lifestyle? So many unanswered questions that piqued … Continue reading →

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Jackie Nickel and MLK: Champions of Courage remembered

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Tom Warner

As the nation honored courageous civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  this past Monday, we recall another, local, “champion of courage,” Jackie Nickel (1942-2007), whose legacy lives on in her East Baltimore community and the heart of a young boy named Kevin McDonough. … Continue reading →

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HARRY: Baltimore’s Underground Journal debuts (1969)

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Tom Warner

Scanning through the microfilm rolls of the “Underground Newspaper Collection” in the Enoch Pratt Central Library’s Periodicals department,  I came across the very first issue of “Harry: Baltimore’s Underground Journal” from November 13, 1969. The bi-weekly publication sold for 25 … Continue reading →

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