Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Description
This collection spans from 1978 to 2012, with the majority of materials concentrated between 1987 and 1991, highlighting the Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA), an organization to which Todd and Bratt were deeply committed. Of note within the collection are the images from the March on Washington in 1987 and 1993.
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LaBudde Special Collections
GLAMA
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d'Bronx food stall at the GALA '91 Picnic

People lined up at the d'Bronx's food stall during the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; a banner with their logo is seen and one of the customers is wearing a Tin Man costume (from the Wizard of Oz).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-141.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Chorus group singing at the GALA '91 Picnic

Choral group (white men and women) that includes the original Kansas City Women's Chorus, singing in microphones during the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-140.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Posing for a photo in the locker room

Two unidentified white men posing for a photo and looking at the camera in the locker room at the ACT UP/KC Swim Party; the man on the left is fully dressed and holding a red towel; the man on the right with a beard is wearing just a towel around his waist and is turned to the side; blue lockers are seen behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Closer view of the Welcome back Bill billboard

Billboard by an overpass reading "Welcome back Bill"; black text with the name Bill in red against a white background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-123.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Keith Spare introducing Nelson "Fuzzy" Thompson

Keith Spare with a microphone looking on at an African American man in a suit (likely Nelson "Fuzzy" Thompson) waving to the crowd on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; sound equipment and an arc of balloons are also seen. An unidentified African American woman is crossing in front of the stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-145.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Keith Spare on stage with Emanuel Cleaver

Keith Spare on stage with Emanuel Cleaver who is hugging Linda May and has his back to the camera at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; an arc of balloons is behind them along with sound equipment on the stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-146.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Pride parade along Oak Street

Pride parade along Oak Street between Southmoreland Park and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art; on the way to the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; people with signs, horse riders, people with a bucket behind the horses and spectators sitting on the stone wall along the Nelson are seen. Parade participants and audience are overwhelmingly white.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-153.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Marching in the pride parade

Keith Spare with Linda May marching in the pride parade on route to the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; unidentified white man and Ardie Viet, each carrying a large rainbow flag, are marching behind them; stone walls and cars are seen along the street.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-154.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Emanuel Cleaver shaking hands on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic

The day that Kansas City formally declared as Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day. Emanuel Cleaver on stage shaking hands with activist Linda May and with Keith Spare behind them at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park. Sound equipment is seen on stage; a photographer, stone walls, and an arc of balloons behind the stage.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Group hug with Emanuel Cleaver

Emanuel Cleaver on stage in a group hug with Linda May holding a microphone and Keith Spare (largely unseen) at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; sound equipment is seen on stage and stone walls, a photographer, and an arc of balloons are behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-151.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Speakers at the GALA '91 Picnic

Unidentified white woman speaking at the microphone with another unidentified white man standing behind her on the stage at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; sound equipment is on the stage and stone walls and an arc of balloons are seen behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-143.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Keith Spare and Emanuel Cleaver at the GALA '91 Picnic

Keith Spare standing with Emanuel Cleaver amongst the crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; various tent awnings and people are seen; an unidentified white man with a camera pointed at Spare and Cleaver is seen on the right hand side of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-144.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Keith Spare and another speaker on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic

Keith Spare on stage with his arm around an unidentified white woman holding a microphone at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; sound equipment on stage; stone walls and an arc of balloons seen behind them. An unidentified African American man that seems to be part of Mayor Cleaver's entourage is standing at the left.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-149.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Emanuel Cleaver speaking at the GALA '91 Picnic

Emanuel Cleaver with a microphone and speaking on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; Keith Spare and another, unidentified, white man are also on stage; stone walls and an arc of balloons are also seen; partial view of the unidentified white man acting as the interpreter for the deaf to the left.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Camera man, photographer and the crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic

Unidentified African American camera man with African American woman reporter and a kneeling white male photographer in front of the crowd and looking toward an unseen stage at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-142.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202