Interested in history. But then people would ask again, why are you interested in history, what does that have to do with the question im asking you . But i have the same experience of a remarkable teacher in Junior High School who was a retired military officer so im embarrassed to say i believe it was james true then, but he was known to all students as colonel trueden. He was a mature man, with a long military career but someone just starting out as a teacher. She was excited and interested about everything and trying to find his way into this new second career. And i think that that sort of, him thinking this is an adventure, sort of brought the students along with him. And while i suspect i was probably in that small town, probably categorized as the student most likely to end up in Reform School if not prison. [laughter] i did win the history award when i graduated. It did not leave me directly here. I think that love for history that someone conveys their own love for history, t
The second largest minority, by producer and director lilli vincenz. Joining us is charles francis, the president of the Mattachine Society of washington, d. C. , which is what . Mr. Francis we are an lgbt history society. With a motto of archive activism. By that i mean we find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed, or basically deleted and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. Host we will show you both films in their entirety in a couple of minutes. One is seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. Your connection to the films is what . Mr. Francis we were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together all of her archives, 10,000 items, including these films, and donate them to the library of congress, and that is what we did. They belong to the American People thanks to the generosity of lilli vincenz. Host where is she now . Mr. Francis
Our cities tour staff recently traveled to detroit, michigan, to learn about its rich history. To watch more video from detroit and other stops on our tour, visit cspan. Org citiestour. You are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend, on cspan3. I view political cartooning like advertising on television. You have five seconds to capture the viewers attention, another five seconds to deliver the point. The only difference is with television, you are selling a product and with political cartoons, you are selling an idea. Tonight on q and a, Michael Ramirez on his career, his book of satirical cartoons. Pulitzer in 95st on the back of that administration. When you take a character of caricature of someone, to show the dynamics of the personality. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspans q and a. A portion of the 1968 film the second largest minority, by producer and director lilli vincenz. Joining us is charles francis, the president of the Mattachine Society of washington, d. C.
A motto of archive activism. We find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed, or basically deleted and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. We will show you both films in their entirety in a couple of minutes. One is seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. Your connection to the films is what . Mr. Francis we were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together her archives, including these films, and donate them to the library of congress, and that is what we did. They belong to the American People thanks to the generosity of lilli vincenz. Where is she now . Mr. Francis lilli vincenz is still with us but not well enough to do interviews like this, so im honored to pinchhit for her. You brought a prop. This is an rca 16mm projector. Millennials may say, what is that . Mr. Francis millennials may think it is a science project of some kind, b
A portion of the 1968 film the second largest minority, by producer and director lilli vincenz. Joining us is charles francis, the president of the Mattachine Society of washington, d. C. , which is what . Mr. Francis we are an lgbt history society. With a motto of archive activism. We find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed, or basically deleted and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. We will show you both films in their entirety in a couple of minutes. One is seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. Your connection to the films is what . Mr. Francis we were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together her archives, some 10,000 items, including these films, and donate them to the library of congress, and that is what we did. They belong to the American People thanks to the generosity of lilli vincenz. Where is she now . Mr. Francis