The records contain correspondence, programs, press coverage, contracts, scripts, financial information, photographs, and other ephemera of Pomo Afro Homos (Postmodern African American Homosexuals), a San Francisco-based theater group that presented the stories of black, gay men.

Pomo Afro Homos is short for postmodern African American homosexuals. It was an African-American gay theater troupe founded in San Francisco by Djola Bernard Branner, Brian Freeman, and Eric Gupton. Later, Marvin K. White joined the group. The original concept of the group was to show the issues affecting each black gay person. Their pieces include "Fierce Love: Stories From Black Gay Life" and "Dark Fruit." They performed nationally from Alaska to New York’s Lincoln Center. They faced opposition from the National Black Theatre Festival in North Carolina (1991), and later, in Anchorage (1993). They performed regularly between 1990 and 1995.

9 cubic feet (9 boxes), 1 oversized flat box, 1 oversized poster

Copyright retained by Pomo Afro Homos.

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