Jay King memorial boards
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GLBT Historical Society
2023
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Title: Jay King memorial boards
Dates: 1958-2019
Collection Number: 2019-33
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.5 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Two memorial boards and a memorial service program documenting the life of Jay King (June 23, 1958-January 26, 2019). King
was a Black gay man and dancer. He danced with Alvin Ailey and Dance Theater of Harlem before moving to San Francisco in 1991.
King was involved in the dance club scene and worked and socialized at the Box on Divisadero.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Jay King memorial boards. Collection Number: 2019-33. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Lance Anthony Scott, April 2019.
Scope and Content of Collection
Two memorial boards and a memorial service program documenting the life of Jay King (June 23, 1958-January 26, 2019). King
was a Black gay man and dancer. He danced with Alvin Ailey and Dance Theater of Harlem before moving to San Francisco in 1991.
King was involved in the dance club scene and worked and socialized at the Box on Divisadero. He was friends with DJ Page
Hodel and one of the boards includes a memorial essay to King from Hodel. King also worked at The Arc SF. The boards were
made by King’s friend Lance Anthony Scott and displayed at the Bank of America memorial corner in the Castro before being
donated to the GLBT Historical Society. The boards include essays and photographs.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007675; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004299;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_006371
Black people
Gay men
Dance
African Americans
People of color