Elliott Blackstone interview, part 3

Susan Stryker and colleagues interview Elliott Blackstone, a retired police officer with the San Francisco Police Department. In 1962, Blackstone became the department's official liaison with the LGBTQ community. In this section, Blackstone tells stories about his career, explains his philosophy of policing, and reminisces about the Tenderloin activist known as Jean-Paul Marat. Portions of this interview were used for Stryker and Victor Silverman's documentary Screaming Queens.

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Identifier: 8p58pd405
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Stryker, Susan
Contributor(s): Blackstone, Elliot
Date Created: 2001
Dates Covered: 1962
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Elliot Blackstone
Screaming Queens
Places: California > San Francisco County > Tenderloin
Calabria > Province of Cosenza > Mendicino
Topic(s): Allies
Gay bars
Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
Resource Type: Moving image
Digital Format: Duration: 11:17
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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Elliott Blackstone interview, part 3

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