Slipping Boundaries: The Tenacity of Aaron Henry

Abstract

In this illustrated reading from Men Like That: A Southern Queer History (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999), John Howard tells of Aaron Henry, the longtime civil rights activist and head of the Mississippi NAACP who turned accusations of homosexuality into a ritual balance of public disclosure and discretion. Howard made this presentation at the Queer History South Conference, March 29, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama, on the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Men Like That.

Keywords

• Queer Studies
• Gender and Sexuality
• Memory and Memorial Cultures
• African American History
• Politics and Government