Brian Coyle

Brian J. Coyle (25 June, 1944-23 August, 1991) was an American community leader and gay activist. He was born in Great Falls, Montana, raised in Moorhead, Minnesota and studied at the University of Minnesota. Coyle was a member of Students for a Democratic Society and a writer for the Minnesota Daily. He originated the Free University, directed the National Campaign to Impeach Nixon, and founded the Progressive Roundtable. Coyle served three terms on the Minneapolis City Council where he concentrated on housing, human rights, the environment and transportation and served as council vice president.cite web
author= Minnesota Historical Society
title= Brian J. Coyle Papers
date= 1992
url= http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00020.html
accessdate= 2007-01-19] cite web
author= The New York Times
title= Brian Coyle, City Councilman, 47
date= 21 August, 1991
url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3DF103BF936A1575BC0A967958260
accessdate= 2007-01-19] He told the public he was HIV-positive in the year of his death. Ford House is a memorial to Coyle. A Minneapolis community center, a neighborhood garden and a Human Rights Campaign leadership award carry his name. On Monday September 22nd 2008, Ahmed Nur Ali, a Somali-American student of Augsburg College was shot and killed volunteering for the Brian Coyle community.

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* [http://www.puc-mn.org/html/sites/bccc.html Brian Coyle Community Center] in Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis
* [http://www.ccht.org/Visit_Brian_Coyle_Community_Garden_on_August_19th.html Brian Coyle Community Garden] in Elliot Park, Minneapolis
* cite web
author= Minnesota Historical Society
title= Brian J. Coyle Papers
date= 1992
url= http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00020.html
accessdate= 2007-01-19

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NAME=Coyle, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= American community leader and gay activist
DATE OF BIRTH= [25 June, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH= Great Falls, Montana
DATE OF DEATH= 23 August, 1991
PLACE OF DEATH=