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 Mattachine Society of washington, d. C. , which is what . Mr. Francis we are an lgbt history society. With a motto of archive activism. By that i mean we find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed, or basically eleted and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. Host we will show you both films in their entirety in a couple of minutes. One is seven minutes. The other is 12 minutes. Here on cspan 3s American History tv and real america. Reel america. Your connection to the films is what . Mr. Francis we were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together all of her archives, 10,000 items, including these films, and donate them to the library of congress, and that is what we did. They belong to the
We learned about the Music History of the city. Once again as they once were. We are in a place called 54 sound. We are in what a sickly is and still is the main music studio. Where George Clinton recorded a number of his albums. All of the music would come out of this room here. This is where the romantics recorded, and others to all over the years. Place. A pretty Iconic Detroit music does center around motown. Interestingly, motown is the middle of the story. A part of all the stories, of the other genres of music. Plays a big role in the sound of detroit. It is known for motown, but known around the world worse for some of these other areas as well. This is starting around the 1920s and into the 30s. Detroit was becoming the automotive epicenter. Before that detroit was a major manufacturing city. They were famous for ovens and even cigars and things like that. The car company turned into whenssembly line thats people started migrating up here. Musicians started to migrate up here
By that i mean 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. Host 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 . Mr. Francis we were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films the producer, the director. She chose us to bring together all of eye coyotes her archives, 10,000 items, 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. Host where is she now . Mr. Francis lilli vincenz is still with us but not well enough to do interviews like this, so im honored to pinchhit for her. Host you brought a prop. This is an rca 16mm projector. Millennials may say, what is that . Mr. Francis millennials may think it is
Psychiatrists is just a fit you into a mold. I rejected the mold and when i did i was happier. These are mostly independent organizations across the country. There are between 60 and 75 independent groups across the United States, maybe more because they keep growing up overnight. This is a unified event on the part of 20 to 30 organizations on the east coast. Their differences are primarily in approach and tactic. Certain groups tend to emphasize a very militaristic confrontation tactic. Other groups will emphasize a more educational approach, going out into areas where what you might call people who live in Middle America and dont know much about homosexuality. The groups provide Different Things. Most groups provide services to our own people in need. This is a minor part of the effort. The major effort today is to change the institutions. [chanting] host a portion of the film documentary. This is what the Stonewall Inn looks like today. Inside the sunday New York Times is a look at
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