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Title: The Washington Blade, February 19, 1982
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on gay rights debates in Congress, intersectional opposition with African Americans and women against Reagan's anti-gay nominee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a legal victory in an employment discrimination case out of Texas, an arrest in the case of a murder of a gay man in 1979, an interview with Mayor Marion Barry, challenges faced by Black gays, reviews of gay interest media, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 13, Number 4

Title: The Washington Blade, February 7, 1986
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the refusal of a group of DC medical technicians and police officers to transport the body of a man who died of AIDS and hopes from the DC Public Health Commissioner Andrew McBride that the incident can be turned into a teaching moment, anger as Reagan again cut federal funding for 'priority' health research and care by more then 20 percent, a profile of famous openly gay Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin for Black History Month, a look at cases of AIDS patients fired from their jobs and dropped from employer health insurance, research and reassurances that casual contact cannot transmit AIDS, a proposal from Health and Human Services Secretary Otis Bowen that would-be immigrants should be screened for HIV and HIV-positive persons turned away over concerns for the cost of their health care, grants from the US Public Health Service to the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays to address the mistaken belief in the black community that AIDS was a problem of the white middle class, allegations that a Howard University forum on homosexuality was 'stacked' by campus fundamentalist and Religious Right groups including an invitation to anti-gay psychologist Paul Cameron who showed up only long enough to accuse gay men of causing AIDS, a study of gay and bisexual men in Denver revealed more than half of respondents reported making significant changes in their sexual behavior in response to the AIDS epidemic, reviews of gay interest arts and media, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 17, Number 6

Title: Alberta Bryant
Description: In this oral history interview, Ms. Alberta Bryant, a long time D.C. resident, discusses her experiences growing up in New York City, visiting Charleston, South Carolina, throughout her youth, and moving to Washington, D.C., in 1953, after marrying her husband. The interview later turns into a discussion of contemporary issues of race and class that shifts into a conversation about the political situation at the time of the interview. This section touches upon issues such as misinformation, partisanship, and the 2016 election., Ms. Alberta Bryant was born in New York City in 1929 but spent her summers visiting her mother’s family in Charleston, South Carolina throughout her upbringing. When Ms. Bryant was 13 years old, her mother passed away and she moved in with an aunt and uncle. After graduating from high school, Ms. Bryant worked as a registrar for the New York City Board of Education for a short time. She then attended the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing and became a registered nurse. Shortly after marrying her husband, a Washingtonian, Ms. Bryant moved to Washington, D.C., in 1953. In Washington, she worked at the District of Columbia General Hospital, ultimately retiring in the mid-eighties at age 55. Ms. Bryant is a member of Mount Jezreel Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, and is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Title: Edith Crutchfield session 2
Description: This is the second session of a life history interview with Edith Crutchfield. In this interview Ms. Crutchfield reflects on her upbringing in Culpeper, Virginia, the move to Washington, D.C., in 1953 at age 17, and her life in Washington. She speaks about her experiences with segregation and discrimination in D.C. and discusses how she and her sisters helped each other transition into life in Washington. Ms. Crutchfield recalls being able to vote for the first time when the District was allowed to vote in the 1964 presidential election and relates the civil rights struggles of the 1960s to the 2020 election as well as contemporary social justice struggles. Ms. Crutchfield also discusses her time at Howard University as well as her experience at Miner Teachers College in 1955 when the school merged with Wilson Teachers College to create DC Teachers College. She also reflects on her experiences as a librarian at the FDA and DEA libraries and discusses racism and discrimination she witnessed while working for the government., Ms. Edith Amanda Crutchfield, born August 28, 1936, is a retired librarian and native of Culpeper, Virginia. Ms. Edith is the daughter of John Duff Grasty and Sarah George Ross Grasty and is one of 10 sisters. She migrated to Washington, D.C. at the age of 17 after finishing high school in Culpeper and has remained in D.C. for the rest of her life. All 10 of Ms. Edith's sisters migrated north after high school and none of them returned to live in Virginia. Ms. Edith initially lived with sisters and other family upon arriving in Washington and attended Howard University for a semester before transfering to Miner Teachers College just as Miner's and Wilson Teachers College were being integrated and combined into DC Teachers College. Ms. Edith had a 30-year career as a librarian in government libraries (FDA and DOJ) and spent the last fifteen years of her career in private libraries of law firms. Ms. Edith married and had one daughter, Debra, who passed away in 2015.

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