![]() From the wildness of the 1970s to the devastating AIDS crisis that would kill millions in the decades that followed, the lives of individuals who loved freely and fought furiously for human rights are documented in letters, journals, art, audiovisual materials, digital objects, and ephemera archived the library’s vast repositories. NYU Special Collections tells the story of that history in its seminal D ownt own Collectio n, which chronicles the countercultural movements that characterized Lower Manhattan in the latter half of the 20th Century. Today also happens to be the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots and the birth of the fiery gay liberation movement that followed. If you haven’t guessed from the rainbow flags that proudly flap around the city, this weekend is the NYC Pride Parade, a celebration of the LGBTQI+ community and its triumphs. Gay Rally, 1977 Richard Berkowitz Papers MSS 421 421.0019, Fales Library & Special Collections, New York University.
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