This #Pride Month, we recognize the voices and contributions from our past starting with Julian (Hartridge) Green, the earliest known member of the LGBTQ+ community here at UVA. Green came from Paris as a first-year student in the College in 1919, after serving in World War I. A prolific journal writer, Green began to note his attraction to men while at UVA. After two years as a student, and a year as an assistant professor of French, he returned to Paris in spring 1922.

Roll out your best news anchor voice and zoom back to June, 1966 in Roanoke, VA: "Preliminary runs for the Roanoke Soap Box Derby took place tonight and will continue tomorrow at the Roanoke Drag strip." #ArchivesOnWheels

search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_li… "Some 15 entrants put their home constructed races through their paces tonight some of them reaching speeds of up to 31 miles and hour."

On Monday, May 11, 1970, 73% of the student body turned out to vote on the Strike and the nine demands. Follow the thread below for flyers posted around Grounds against and in favor of the strike, the referendum results, and other events of the day. #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA The @cavalierdaily published a list of polling places on Grounds:

Fifty years ago, the May Strike protests erupted at @UVA: student activism & anti-war protests intertwined with the civil rights, women’s rights, & other progressive movements #maystrikeincontext #1970UVA As we prepare our forthcoming exhibition and mark the fiftieth anniversary of the May Strike, over the next four weeks we will "live” tweet the events as they unfolded in 1970, day by day (sometimes hour by hour).