Coretta and her Gays

Coretta Scott King (center), at the Human Rights Campaign in 1986, where she spoke of the solidarity between the struggle for civil rights and for gay and lesbian rights. The image is part of a new exhibit at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. CONTRIBUTED BY CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

A new exhibit at Atlanta's Civil and Human Rights Museum " Forward Together: A look at Atlanta's LGBT history since Stonewall " opens tomorrow, September 3rd.
From the AJC
The banners in the museum’s lobby display the artifacts of history.

Some of the images — the disco ball from Outwrite book shop, a piece of the dance floor from Backstreet dance club, the poster announcing a “Die-In” in front of the Centers for Disease Control — may seem like unrelated tokens of the past.

But they are part of the narrative of the gay rights movement, a narrative in which Atlanta plays a leading role. ( the rest  )