Season 3: Episode 8: Morris Kight

Season 3: Episode 8: Morris Kight

Season 3: Episode 8: Morris Kight

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - December 7, 2017 - 19:28

Morris Kight was a whirling dervish champion of LGBTQ civil rights. He cut his activist teeth in the labor, civil rights, and anti-war movements, and from 1969 on brought all his passion to bear on catapulting himself and L.A.’s gay liberation efforts onto center stage.Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources.

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