#11 Marsha ”Pay It No Mind” Johnson

2020-06-15

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When Marsha P. Johnson stepped off a bus onto the streets of New York in 1963, just after graduating high school, she had a bag of clothes and $15 to her name. Little did she know that her name would don the side of buildings and statues built to honor her and her activist work in the LGBTQ community today. Marsha’s body was found floating beneath Christopher St. pier at 5:30 p.m. on June 6th 1992, under highly suspicious circumstances... Patreon Page! References: The Death & Life of Marsha P. J...

When Marsha P. Johnson stepped off a bus onto the streets of New York in 1963, just after graduating high school, she had a bag of clothes and $15 to her name.

Little did she know that her name would don the side of buildings and statues built to honor her and her activist work in the LGBTQ community today.

Marsha’s body was found floating beneath Christopher St. pier at 5:30 p.m. on June 6th 1992, under highly suspicious circumstances...

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References:

The Death & Life of Marsha P. Johnson- Netflix Doc

https://youtu.be/Bo0nYv9QIj4 Frameline- Interview of Marsha

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/marsha-p-johnson-biography/index.html

https://www.biography.com/activist/marsha-p-johnson

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/marsha-p-johnson-1945-1992/

https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/2019/08/artwork-spotlight-andy-warhols-ladies-and-gentlemen/

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