June Jordan teaching at the City College of New York, ca. 1967-1976 [Wendy's Subway, Brooklyn, NY. Courtesy June Jordan Papers, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA]

In celebration of Pride month, we present this image of gay liberation activist Marsha P. Johnson. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) a self-identified drag queen and a prominent figure in the 1969 Stonewall uprising, was known as "the mayor of Christopher Street." This photograph is part of the Schlesinger Library's "Catching the Wave: Photographs of the Women's Movement by Bettye Lane and Freda Leinwand" project. For more information, see http://catchingthewave.library.harvard.edu/. Caption: Marsha Johnson speaks at Intro 384 gay and lesbian civil rights event in Sheridan Square. Photo by Bettye Lane. Copyright: Estate of Bettye Lane

From the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University

Postcard from the Angela Y. Davis Papers, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Women in Support of arrested Angela Davis, n.d. [Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA]