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Dec 22, 2020 · This video was originally published on https://ti.me/3a1FMQC on December 22, 2020https://ti.me/3cbwaoUThe History You Didn't Learn is a series that sheds lig...
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- TIME
Mar 29, 2019 · Roosevelt House hosts a special presentation of The Lavender Scare, a documentary film about a little-known chapter of American history -- when, in the panic of the 1950s Cold War, President...
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- Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the Lavender Scare in the United States in the Cold War period, as we will describe how the LGBTQ...
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- The Cold War
The Lavender Scare is the first documentary film to tell the little-known story of an unrelenting campaign by the federal government to identify and fire all employees suspected of being homosexual. In 1953, President Eisenhower declared gay men and lesbians to be a threat to the security of the country and therefore unfit for government service.
May 14, 2019 · Produced and directed by Josh Howard and based on the award-winning book by David K. Johnson, THE LAVENDER SCARE premieres Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on...
The Lavender Scare (Preview) Learn the untold story of how tens of thousands of homosexual federal workers were either fired or denied employment in the 1950s, stirring outrage in the gay community and starting an LGBTQ rights movement with an unlikely hero at the forefront.
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Need help? Narrated by Glenn Close, The Lavender Scare is the first documentary film to tell the little-known story of an unrelenting campaign by the federal government to identify and fire all employees suspected of being homosexual.
