Each week american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites across the country. We visit the newseum in washington, d. C. To visit the 1969 stonewall riots and how they served as a catalyst for the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. Welcome to the museum. Im patty rule the Vice President of exhibits and content here and we are here at the prolog, stonewall, rise up and stonewall was an event in 1969 and uprising at a gay bar in new york city that propelled forward that modern day lgbtq Rights Movement and this is how we tell the story that the americans used their First Amendment freedoms and the freedom of speech, the press, to advocate for change and to change society. Now well walk around the corner in this prologged area and look at some artifacts of two of the earliest lgbtq rights that rose up in the 1950s and 60s. Gay americans lived in fear and secrecy, gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public and police parks to reeft gay people who are seeking aing nations.
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Here are their remarks. Good morning. Good morning. As we gather today, first let thank all of our honorees that we are saluting this year. It is important on king day that we do things in the spirit of dr. King. Mr. Sharpton dr. King as a federal holiday was a result in and of itself of struggle. So we do not take it as a day off. We take it as a day on. To do something in the spirit of human rights and civil rights that dr. King stood for. The National Action network started 28 years ago on those principles and weve been blessed to partner with martin who thought to spend this federal holiday every year with us at the breakfast. He had brought his mother to our Convention Many years. So we are in our d. N. A. Kinglike. And no year is more important than this year. Because we are meeting on a morning of king holiday where the nation has been more polarized and divided than weve seen in recent history. The rise of antisemitic attacks, the rise of hate crimes , the right of rhetoric tha
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
York, thank you very much for being with us. Thank you very much for having me. American history tv products are now available at the new cspan online store. Go to cspanstore. Org. To see whats new. And check out all of the cspan products. Each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and Historic Sites around the country. Up next we visit the rise up exhibit at the museum in washington, d. C. , to learn about the 1969 stonewall riots and how they served as a catalyst for the modern lgbtq rights movement. Welcome to the museum. Im patty rule, the Vice President of exhibits and content. Were here at the prologue of rise up, stonewall and the lgbt movement. It was an event in 1969, an up rising that propelled forward the modern movement. This is where we tell that story of how ordinary americans used their First Amendment freedoms, freedom of speech, the press, petition, assembly, religion, to advocate for change and change society. Were going to walk around the corn