EPISODE · Jun 15, 2020 · 42 MIN
#11 Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson
from Strange & Unexplained · host True Crime Guys
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. 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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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. 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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