James Baxter oral history interview

2018-07-11

Baxter, James; Coren, Ashleigh

Interview with James Baxter, a staff member at the University of Maryland, College Park. The interview covers topics including The Front Page (a newspaper for the gay and lesbian community), Gay Activists Alliance, Lambda Rising bookstore, the Diamondback, gay sex in McKeldin Library, Franklin Kameny, Luke Jensen, College Park Scholars, National Gay and Lesbian Journalist Association, marching on Washington for gay and lesbian equality, 2016 Women's March, AIDS quilt, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and the Journalism department. Interviewed by Ashleigh Coren at Hornbake Library. Transcript by Ashleigh Coren and Luca DiMambro.

Oral histories

University of Maryland Student Life

Special Collections and University Archives

English

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Recording: 20:55 (MPEG-4 Media File); Transcript: 6 pages (PDF)

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