Out of the Archives: Documenting Protest Attire with Mary Leno

Out of the Archives: Documenting Protest Attire with Mary Leno

Thursday, November 17, 2022
7PM
Zoom
Free RSVP, Donations accepted

 

Join The History Project and Mary Leno to explore Mary’s collection of photography of clothing worn at protests. Mary will share her photographs of recent and historic protests, and trace how protest participants have dressed to express their values and goals over the last several decades.

 

Mary Leno is a former City of Cambridge employee with the Women's Heritage Commission and has been documenting social and protest movements for decades. In 2018, she shared her graffiti photography collection with The History Project. A recording of her graffiti presentation is also available via Cambridge Community TVShe has donated collections of ephemera to the Cambridge Public Library Archives and Special Collections, Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections, and The History Project. Some of the many issues she’s documented include Black Lives Matter, apartheid, housing, LGBTQ+ rights, women’s rights, and anti-war and anti-nuclear actions.

RSVP on Eventbrite, link to the Zoom will be sent out the day of the event. Email info@historyproject.org with any questions. For security purposes, Zoom meetings require an authenticated Zoom account, so please be sure to register with Zoom prior to the event.

This event is free and open to the public.

Any additional donations made support The History Project's mission to document, preserve, and share LGBTQ history. Thank you for your support!

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