Time. Again, thank you all for coming, gentlemen, we cant thank you enough. Thanks again. First ladies, infloouns and image on American History tv, examines the private lives and the public roles of the nations first ladies, through interviews with top historians. Tonight we look at the first two first ladies. Martha washington and abigail adams. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Every saturday night American History tv takes you to College Classrooms around the country for lectures in history. Why do you all know who Lizzie Borden is, and if of raise your hand if you had heard of the gene harris murder trial before this class. The deepest cause where well find the true meaning of the revolution, is the true transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. The tools, the techniques and well talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. Watch history professors lead discussions with their students o
Are. It is not a secret in washington, d. C. We continue to see the bias crimes in crease as far as the numbers are reported here. One of the reasons why we actually celebrate the fact that our bias crime members keep going up is that we believe we are educating our citizens better every year and building stronger relationships, that bias crimes that were committed in the past are now being reported to us. That is part of the education. Third part of the mission and the part that im biased about that i think is the most important is, unlike most community policing, we are actually doing police work. The officers i work with and officials i work with our not only going to be at those events and classes, but when that pride parade was interrupted by what appeared to be an active shooter, but then got it wasnt. It was these officers and those liaison units who were amongst the very first running through the crowd in the opposite direction towards it. What Community Members saw was, member
Barack obama claimed a site near the former Stonewall Inn a monument. We will hear more about the events that stonewall and how they served as a catalyst for the lgbt movement. The Commission Majority passed earlier today in support of the equality act and various reports and statements that have been issued in recent years. Discrimination on the basis of gender identity is unfortunately still prevalent in his country. I read news yesterday that the new York Police Commissioner apologized for the actions of the new York Police Department during the storm will uprising, declaring the actions and laws were discriminatory and oppressive. Interactions between Police Officers and the Lgbt Community has prompted concern from the commission as documented by our report released last year on civil rights implications of police use of force. This reporteys find should high rates of contact between lawenforcement and lgbt individuals with high rates of police misconduct. The commission took in su
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
Monday, we continue our visit to the hilt to learn about samsungs Problem Solver tomorrow, which challenges kids to use steam to improve communities. Our project is for cool shootings and school intruders. We created a door lock on the outside of the door, and it can be put in place to help put it in your mind that there will be one bracket on the door itself and one on the doorframe. Whenever the door is closed and there is a shooter in the building, that lock will slide in. Announcer monday at 8 00 p. M. On cspan2. Each week, american artefacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and Historic Sites around the country. Next, we visit the rise of exhibit and the museum there in washington dc to learn about the 1969 riots and [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, welcome to the museum. Stonewall was an event in the summer of 1969. And uprising at a gay bar in new york city, that propelled forward the modern lgbt rights movement. This is where we tell that story o