Photographic slide of activist Joe Beam sitting against a white wall

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A color photographic slide depicting activist and writer, Joseph Beam, at the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays Conference in St. Louis. Beam is pictured sitting with his right arm folded across his chest and his left hand supporting his head. Only his head and torso are visible; he wears a red shirt and blue suspenders. On his right arm, which supports his head, he wears a yellow, white, green, black and red pattered armband. The front of the gray slide encasement is stamped with [DEC 85 W5].

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