PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith

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June 2025

June 28, 1969: STONEWALL
The punch that started the riot at the Stonewall Inn and launched the Gay Pride Movement was thrown by a drag queen.
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June 18, 1983: SALLY RIDE
Following the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, the transition from the modest manners of the Carter years to the glitz of the Reagan era was swift.
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JUNE 12, 1967: LOVING v. VIRGINIA
Known as “Loving Day,” today is an unofficial holiday, celebrating interracial couples, multiracial families, people of mixed race and transracially…
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LOOSE ENDS, 6.10.2025
Drafted while awaiting the birth of my granddaughter.
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JUNE 1, 1950: CONSCIENCE & COURAGE
Note: I imagine only .001% of Heather Cox Richardson’s readers follow PINK THREADS, whereas I’m confident 100% of my readers are fans of LETTERS FROM AN…
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May 2025

MAY 30, 1868: MEMORIAL DAY & BLACK LIVES MATTER
Even before the murder of George Floyd, on May 25, 2020, the Monday of Memorial Day weekend, the holiday was historically linked to Black lives.
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MAY 24, 1924: IMMIGRATION ACT
Note: Given how contentious immigration issues remain in the US, I’ve revised and expanded this essay, with the help of an expert on immigration, who…
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MAY 17, 1954: BROWN & CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY
Note: Parts of this PINK appeared a year ago, on the seventieth anniversary of the Brown decision.
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MAY 11, 2025: MOTHER'S DAY & PRONATALISM
PRONATALISM: a political ideology which promotes reproduction, or .
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5.9.25: LOOSE ENDS
Reader responses and my additions (in italics) to recent PINKs:
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