Rare video of LGBT group, Stonewall participant interview | Watch Our America: Pride In History III
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Understanding where we come from and where we've been is an important part of telling the human story. For LGBTQ+ people, those stories are often lost to time because of stigma, fear and shame.
"Our America: Pride in History III" celebrates the amazing stories of perseverance as the community rose up on a path of greater acceptance. Watch Episode 1 here and Episode 2 here.
In this episode, go inside the "oldest operating gay bar in the United States," then learn about the unsung hero who was instrumental in making the March on Washington happen.
Discover rare film of a riot that predated the the Stonewall uprising in New York. And meet the man who lost to San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, who talks about his place in history as one of the "Bay Gays" who helped shape San Francisco into what it is today.
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Take a look at the individual stories that make up the special below.
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