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
Sexual orientation. We call this wall once rejected now embraced because now you see how attitudes have changed toward lgbtq americans. They are influencers, politicians, activists, actors, journalists. These are people who are much ad hired for who they are and what they do. Here it is our mission to promote understanding of the importance of the free press and the First Amendment. We hope more people come and visit this exhibit because stonewall, the events of stonewall and rise up the lbgtq Rights Movement tells the story of how every day americans use their First Amendment freedoms, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of petition, freedom of speech to rise up, act up, push back, and advocate for change. That is what were all about at the newseum to explain the story of the First Amendment. This movement the story of the lbgtq Rights Movement really embodies everything about the First Amendment. We hope people come here to experience it as well as movies and interactives
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
A portion of the 1968 film, the second largest minority by producer and director leave incense, and joining us here is Charles Francis hes the president of the Machine Society which is what. We are an lgbt history society. We find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed, or 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 films in their entirety in a couple of minutes. One is seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. Your connection to the films is what . We were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together her archives, including these films, and donate them to the library of congress, and that is what we did. They belong to the American People thanks to the generosity of lilli vincenz. Where is she now . I am honored to pinch hit for her. Shes not well enough to be here but im honored to be here for her. Th
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