“A Step Higher” w/ Mattachino Wendell Sayers

A Queer Serial

An episode of the Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History podcast, hosted by Devlyn Camp, titled "“A Step Higher” w/ Mattachino Wendell Sayers" was published on July 27, 2020 and runs 15 minutes.

July 27, 2020 ·15m · Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

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Summary

Historian Eric Marcus interviews Wendell Sayers, an attorney, the first Black assistant attorney general for the state of Colorado, and one of few Black members of the Mattachine Society. He attended the 6th annual Mattachine convention in 1959, a dramatic event which will be featured in this week’s episode! This audio is used courtesy of Making Gay History. Find the Making Gay History podcast on all major podcast platforms and at www.makinggayhistory.com. Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Episode Description

Historian Eric Marcus interviews Wendell Sayers, an attorney, the first Black assistant attorney general for the state of Colorado, and one of few Black members of the Mattachine Society. He attended the 6th annual Mattachine convention in 1959, a dramatic event which will be featured in this week’s episode!

This audio is used courtesy of Making Gay History. Find the Making Gay History podcast on all major podcast platforms and at www.makinggayhistory.com.

Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

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