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, we visit the museum hearing 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 newseum. You are here at the prologue of our new exhibit, rise up, stonewall movement. It was a gay bar in new york city that profound forward the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. We tell the story of how americans used the First Amendment freedoms speech, protest, religion, to advocate for change in really fight. We walk around the corner and look at some artifacts from two of the earliest lgbtq rights organizations that rose up in the 19 fifties and sixties. 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 being gay in america. And people would talk what it was like to be a gay man or a lesbian woman. I love these social groups, rose illumines for social justice instead of just seeking toleranc
He manages the department lesbian gay transsexual and bisexual department. And mr. Trust thought. Were looking forward to learning a lot, and looking back through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. It is kind of hard to believe. I would like to start with you if we can. What was new york like what was america like, for gays and lesbian and transgender citizens before the stonewall riots. What was it like for the Lgbtq Community. It is really counter intuitive, because there is a common tendency in this country, to assume you dont for the we go back in history the worst things are going to be. But in the whole history of the entirety of the u. S. History, the sixties and fifties were probably the very worst time for lgbt people. That is because, there have been a period of liberalization in the 1920s, and you know it was generally a liberal period in the 1920s. With the Great Depression coming along, that seem to begin a clamp down on and i will use the term gay p
The police raid on the new york city gave are unassuming riot, u. S. Commission on civil rights, hosts a talk untitled so mullet 50. Next on American History tv, the u. S. Commission on civil rights hosts a talk titled, stonewall at 50 the movement for lgbt civil rights by historian and author david carter. Stonewall was a sixday gay rights uprising that began during a police raid on june 28, 1969 in new york citys Greenwich Village. We will now turn to our next iteration of the commission speaker series, this one titled stonewall at 50 the movement for lgbt civil rights. Thank you for the topic. June has come to be known as pride month. Street demonstrations began at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in new york city. Many view these demonstrations as a critical moment in the struggle for lgbt civil rights. In june 2016, in recognition of that history, president barack obama, declared a monument at the Stonewall Inn. We will hear more about how this was a catalyst for the lgbt ri
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