Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
Alfred Hayes

Born: April 18, 1911
Died: August 14, 1985 (aged 74)
Bio: Alfred Hayes was a British-born screenwriter, television writer, novelist, and poet, who worked in Italy and the United States. He is perhaps best known for his poem "Joe Hill", later set to music by Earl Robinson.






