Warren Allen Smith
American encyclopedist (1921-2017)
Warren Allen Smith (October 27, 1921 – January 9, 2017) was an American gay rights activist, writer and humanities humanist.
Career
changeIn 1961, Smith started the Variety Recording Studio, a major independent company off Broadway, New York City, with his business partner and longtime companion Fernando Rodolfo de Jesus Vargas Zamora. Smith ran the company for almost thirty years (1961–90).[1] In 1969, Smith participated in the Stonewall riots.[2]
Smith was one of the signatories of the 1973 Humanist Manifesto II[3] as well as the Humanist Manifesto III in 2003.[4]
Death
changeSmith died on January 9, 2017 at the age of 95.[5]
References
change- ↑ Smith, Warren Allen (2005), Gossip from Across the Pond, chelCpress, p. 5, ISBN 1-58396-916-0
- ↑ Wilson, David (2005), Inventing Black-On-Black Violence: Discourse, Space, and Representation, Syracuse University Press, p. 122, ISBN 0-8156-3080-8
- ↑ "Humanist Manifesto II". American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Notable Signers". Humanism and Its Aspirations. American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ↑ Warren Allen Smith, author of 'Who's Who in Hell,' is dead
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