Series 3: Malcolm Boyd materials, 1948-2014
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The Malcolm Boyd materials include photographs, memorabilia, Disturber of the Peace booklets, scrapbooks, interviews, and commonplace books.
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Malcolm Boyd was born in Manhattan in 1923. During Hollywood's Golden Age, he worked as a producer and business partner of silent screen icon Mary Pickford. In 1951 he decided to become an Episcopal priest. Years of hard work and activism followed - marching with Martin Luther King in Selma and getting arrested in the Pentagon for conducting an antiwar peace mass are among his social justice actions. He is best known as the author of over 30 books, including the internationally acclaimed Are You Running With Me, Jesus? He came out as a gay man in 1977, and was shunned by all but a few. Time has healed many old wounds, however, further salved by a longtime relationship during the past 25 years. Malcolm Boyd died on February 27, 2015.
(Biography by Mark Thompson from Fellow Travelers with minor edits by LSC Archivist Kelly Besser.)
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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