Collections Magazine, Fall 2018

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FALL 2018

COL L E C T ION S A P U B L I CAT I O N O F T H E B E N T L EY H I STO R I CA L L I B RA RY

I’m just Ruth. “In the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, Ruth Ellis and Babe Franklin’s home was known as the ‘Gay Spot.’ For generations of African American gays and lesbians in the Midwest, their home provided an alternative to the bar scene that discriminated against blacks. It was a haven for African Americans who came ‘out’ before the Civil Rights Movement and Stonewall.”


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