CHARLES
LAW Charles Law speaks at the National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights, October 14, 1979. Walter Charles Law
was born on March 26, 1951, and earned a doctorate in education from
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. In his professional life,
he left an indelible mark on Texas Southern University, where was appointed
as University Archivist in 1977. Law was also a significant force in the gay and lesbian communities. He was Co-Chair of the Executive Committee for Houston's Town Meeting I in 1978. He was also a founder of the Houston Committee, a black gay men's professional organization active in the late 1970s. This local involvement
eventually led him to the national stage as a speaker at the National
March on Washington in 1979. He opened that speech by challenging the
lesbian and gay liberation movement in the 1980's to be about "integration,
and not assimilation." Dr. Law passed away on May 31, 1993.
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