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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Demonstrators demand justice for past victims of police brutality. And in spain where the coronavirus pandemic has forced an extra 1000000 people out of work the government unveils its plan for a minimum income. Below thanks for joining us the u. S. President donald trump has accused the Chinese Government of breaking its word on hong kongs autonomy as beijing imposes new National Security legislation on the territory describing it as a tragedy for the world in response to the crackdown on prodemocracy protesters trump has directed his administration to end preferential u. S. Treatment for the city in trade and travel trump also announced the suspension of entry of foreign nationals from china identified by the u. S. As bhutan chill security risks is also terminating the u. S. Relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus saying it had essentially become a puppet of china. We will take action to revoke khan kangs preferential treatment as a separa