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Activists at candlelight vigil in front of Santa Clara County Government Center with Reverends Sky Anderson and Stan Roberts

Sahl, Ted (photographer)

1979

English

Group portrait of activists at candlelight vigil in front of the Santa Clara County Government Center. The group opposed Proposition 6, an anti-gay school initiative, introduced by Senator John Briggs. Reverends Sky Anderson (on left) and Stan Roberts (on right) organized the march.

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4.0 x 2.9 in.

Photographic prints

Gays

Gay activists
Lesbian activists
Gay liberation movement
Gay clergy

Gays
Vigils
Lesbians
Political participation
Gay rights
Group portraits
Politicians

Santa Clara County -- California

Ted Sahl Collection

San José State University Special Collections & Archives

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Written on verso: "ABC Fig 231. Reverend Sky Anderson seated left, and Reverend Stan Roberts seated right, support activists holding a candlelight vigil in front of County Government Center, 1979. Chapter 6". See Ted Sahl "From Closet to Community" (2002), p.105.

Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.