Emanuel Cleaver shaking hands on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic

Description
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.
Note
Forms part of a scrapbook.
Date Created
1991-06
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : color print ; 8 x 13 cm
Genre
Group portraits
Member of
Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection
Time Period
1991-2000
Subject (Name)
Spare, Keith
Cleaver, Emanuel, II, 1944-
May, Linda (Activist)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance (Kansas City, Mo.)
Subject (Topical)
Gay rights
Picnics
Mayors
African American men
Women
White
Men
Handshaking
Sound--Equipment and supplies
Balloons
Gay men
Lesbians
Bisexuals
Photographers
Subject (Geographic)
local_history_index:Southmoreland Park
Kansas City (Mo.)
Subjects (community)
LGBTQ+ events
Gay pride
Gay liberation
LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ activists
LGBTQ+ activism
White LGBTQ+ people
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
Rights Note
Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.
To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0202
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections
Related Finding Aid
Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection