Watch it tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv o abigail adams, watch it tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv oabigail adams, watch it tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan3. Now on a look at the history of gay rights in the United States, the pioneering gafiy fis of lilli vincenz and a guy rights group founded in 1950. 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 society ney washington, d. C. , which is what . We are an lgbt History Society with the motto of archive activism and by that i mean we find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed or just 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 of the films in its entirety and the one is seven minutes, and the other 12 minutes on American History tv and real america. Your connect
Welcome to the museum. Were at the prologue. Tonewall an uprising at a gay bar in new york city that propelled forward the modernday lgbtq movement. This is where they used the freedom of speech, the press, peat, assembly, religion, to really change society. Were going to washington around the corner and look at some artifacts from two of the earliest lgbt rights oarizati s organizations that rose up. Gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public, police prowled parks to arrest people seeking assignations there. This is when you saw social groups, when people are meeting in secret in their homes, largely, to talk about what its like to be a gale mass or a less by yay woman. Here you see some artifacts from the mattachine society, a matchbook passed on to people in Public Places people they thought were likeminded. Are you gale . I am, too. Lets talk about it. This is a legal book published. It gave them advice about what their rights were when dealing with the police. Ov
So we are playing with some technical difficulties. We are glad youre all here and i hope you all found a drink, and again, i appreciate your patience. Of course, welcome to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. My name is amanda leiden. Curator, i am delighted to see you all here to see jean baker, author of Margaret Sanger a life of passion. She will be in conversation this evening with cristina page. We often think of margaret brooklynbeginnings in in the opening of that Family Planning and Birth Control clinic in brownsville. She started that clinic after being a nurse here on the Lower East Side. Here with the cohort of, goldman, who we will be discussing in two weeks. Todays talk is not just fitting, it is surprisingly timely, it is also fitting because it was a good chance Margaret Sanger new one or more of the immigrant women who lived down the street, a few doors down at 97 orchard street. Tonights guest jean baker is goucherr of history at college in baltimore. She is the auth
Malls and swap meets can open with social distancing modifications. Napa county reopened yesterday after becoming the first bay area county to expand into its phase two of reopening. Other parts of california are defying state orders to reopen faster. This growing sense of restlessness. Jobina . Thank you, kumasi. Good morning. Leaders will allow businesses and churches to reopen under governor newsoms plan. Thats not supposed to happen until phase three. Tulare county is one of the hardest hit with more than 1,500 reported infections and 73 deaths. People in other states have been deinrs. Barbers onhe ste capitol lawn to push for quicker reopening. In illinois a state representative there was removed from the chamber after refusing to comply with safety measures. Health officials are worried about setbacks here. In chicago and in michigan, the ford plants temporarily closed because three workers tested positive for coronavirus and they were supposed to be returning to work. Kumasi . T
Other universities we have been following. Amy hollyfield live at uc berkeley this morning. Good morning, amy. Good morning. The words are will be open and offering instruction and janet napalatano did leave online instruction and she is envisioning a mix. The question will be how much will be in person versus how much will be done remotely. According to the mercury news, uc system has lost 1. 2 billion because of this pandemic. A lot of money and you can see thats why they are looking to fall in their plans. The California State University system already announced all classes will be remote. This is a big departure from what that system is planning. It soundslike not only uc system but across the country are considering a mix at this point. Now, ucs president janet napatano says they will have to meet standards to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and they will have to get in place and get approved before they are allowed to reopen and she is saying that those decisions would be