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Pride in the Piedmont:<\/strong>
Past and Present<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to Pride in the Piedmont: Past and Present. Launching soon, this online, interactive community history exhibit explores the LGBTQ Pride Movement in the Western Piedmont of North Carolina, including in Charlotte, Gastonia, Greensboro, Hickory, Salisbury, Winston-Salem and elsewhere. This online exhibit is presented by the Charlotte Pride History Project, an ongoing community history initiative to document, collect, preserve, and present LGBTQ and Pride Movement history in Charlotte and the broader Carolinas region. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictured Above: A photo showing a variety of political and LGBTQ buttons, displayed during the 1994 NC Pride Expo, June 1994, MS-478, Box 4, Folder 1, Sue Henry Collection, King-Henry-Brockington LGBTQ Archive, UNC Charlotte Archives, Charlotte, NC.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FEATURE:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

20 Years of Charlotte Pride, 40 Years of Legacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2021 Marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Charlotte Pride and the 40th anniversary of the first Pride events in Charlotte and North Carolina<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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EXPLORE THE EXHIBIT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bulletin Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Explore the exhibit with our interactive community bulletin board inspired by Rising Moon Books’ community bulletin board in the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Take a trip through time and browse history-making moments in the Pride Movement in our interactive timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project Contributors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Valdez (he\/him\/his), Board Project Coordinator
Matt Comer (he\/him\/his), Staff Project Coordinator
Tina Wright (she\/her\/hers), Chief Project Advisor
Kayla Schultz (she\/her\/hers), History Project Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board of Advisors<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tina Wright (she\/her\/hers), Chief Project Advisor
Oral History Interviewer, UNC Charlotte Special Collections<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kent Brintnall, PhD
Associate Professor, Religions Studies\/Affiliate Faculty, Women\u2019s & Gender Students, UNC Charlotte<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Cox, PhD
Director of Public History, UNC Charlotte<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Willie Griffin, PhD
Staff Historian, Levine Museum of the South<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Hanchett, PhD
Former Staff Historian, Levine Museum of the South<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oscar Lansen, PhD
Teaching Professor, UNC Charlotte Department of History<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawn Schmitz, PhD
Associate Dean for Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina Shull, PhD
Assistant Professor, UNC Charlotte Department of History<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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