East Coast Homophile Organizations

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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 "Homosexuality -- Time for Reappraisal." The second conference was held in Washington, DC in 1964 (not without difficulty as hotels declined to host the event) with the theme "Homosexuality - Civil Liberties and Social Rights." The third and final ECHO conference was held in New York City in 1965 with the theme "The Homosexual Citizen in the Great Society." 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.

From the description of East Coast Homophile Organizations Records, 1964. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 733564741

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 Homosexuality -- Time for Reappraisal . The second conference was held in Washington, DC in 1964 (not without difficulty as hotels declined to host the event) with the theme Homosexuality - Civil Liberties and Social Rights . The third and final ECHO conference was held in New York City in 1965 with the theme The Homosexual Citizen in the Great Society .

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.

From the guide to the East Coast Homophile Organizations Records, 1964-, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Daughters of Bilitis. Daughters of Bilitis papers, 1960-1965. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Joan Fleischmann collection on East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), Bulk, 1963-1965, 1963-1988 John J. Wilcox Jr. GLBT Archives of Philadelphia
creatorOf East Coast Homophile Organizations. East Coast Homophile Organizations Records, 1964. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Frank Kameny Papers, 1843-2006, (bulk 1957-1996) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf East Coast Homophile Organizations Records, 1964- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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associatedWith Daughters of Bilitis. corporateBody
associatedWith Fleischmann, Joan, 1940- person
associatedWith Kameny, Frank, 1925-2011. person
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Gay liberation movement
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Active 1965

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