Ruth Ellis

Ruth Ellis pic 2

July 23, 1899 – October 12, 2000

Elder and matriarch Ruth Ellis hosted house parties with her partner Babe Franklin in their Oakland Street home during the 1940s and ’50s, giving sanctuary to LGBTQ African American Detroiters who were often excluded from the city’s gay bars.

Between The Lines, October 12, 2000

Ruth Ellis papers at the Bentley Historical Library

Trailer for Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100

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