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[Identification of item], East Coast Homophile Organizations Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The East Coast Homophile Organizations Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift.
Processed by Kimberly Sims, May 2011
Encoded by Kimberly Sims, June 2011
Accession 93-316 is described in this finding aid.
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From http://www.rainbowhistory.org/echo.htm: In January 1962, representatives of homophile organizations on the east coast met in Philadelphia and agreed to form a loose affiliation called ECHO, for East Coast Homophile Organizations. ECHO organized three successive annual conferences and also undertook sponsorship of the July 4th Annual Reminder picketing at Philadelphia's Independence Hall in 1965.
The first annual conference was held in Philadelphia under the theme
ECHO was a predecessor of the National American Conference of Homophile Organizations. Both organizations served to further the Gay Rights Movement in the United States.
The collection includes conference material and a publication, both from 1964.
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