Museums and Historic Sites around the country. Up next, the documentary historian who chronicled the gayRights Movement thattook place following the stonewall riots in 1969, that is coming up next on cspan3s American History tv. For those of you here on cspan, the stonewall was an event in the summer of 1969, and uprising at a gay bar in new york city that propelled forward the modernday lgbt Rights Movement advocate for change in really fight. You walk into this corner into the prologue area and look at the artifacts from two of the earliest lgbtq rights organizations that rose up in the 19 50s and 1960s. Gay americans lived in fear and secrecy. Gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public. Police prowled parks to arrest gay people. It was difficult to begin american. But this is any see a rise of the few early and to be to social groups such as the daughters of elitus. When people are meeting secretly in their homes to talk about what it is like to be a gay man or les
Up next we visit the rise up exhibit in washington d. C. To learn about the stonewall riots, and how they served as a catalyst for the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. Welcome to the museum, im patty Vice President of exhibits and clinton. Here we are at the prologue of our newest exhibit, rise up stonewall and the lgbtq human Rights Movement. Stonewall was an event in the summer of 1969, an uprising and a gay bar in new york city. That propelled forward, the modernday lgbtq Rights Movement. This is where we tell that story, of how ordinary americans, use their First Amendment freedoms, freedom of speech, the price, petition, assembly and religion, to advocate for change, and release change society. Now we will walk around the corner, in this prologue area. We will look at some artifacts from two of the earliest lgbtq rights organizations, that rose up in the 19 sixties and fifties. Game eric and lived in fear and secrecy for much of the force of the early century. They arrested for showi
Movement. This is where we tell the story about how ordinary americans used their First Amendment change to advocate for and really change society. Around theg to walk corner and look at artifacts from two of the earliest organizations that rose up in the 1950s and 60s. Gay americans lived in fear and secrecy for much of the 20th century. Gay people could be arrested for itwing affection in public was a difficult time to be a gay american. Is when you see the rise of groups when people are meeting in secret to talk about what its like to be a gay man, to talk about what its like to be a lesbian woman, to socialize and have fun. Groups rose justice. For social you see some artifacts, a matchbook which would be passed on the people in public places. They gave them to people who were likeminded, of secret way to say, are you guy, i am, too, lets talk about it. This was a book that was published for gay people arrested by police advising them on what their rights were when being arrested b
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