nancy c. unger is professor of history at santa clara university where she began her course on gays and lesbians in u.s. history in 2004. a sample class can be viewed in the c-span online library. her work on lgbtq history is featured in her 2012 book " beyond nature's housekeepers: american women in environmental history." she is also the author of prize-winning studies of progressivism in the united haves and her opeds appeared in dozens of newspapers and websites, including the chicago sun-times, san francisco chronicle, cnn.com, time, and real clear politics. her radio appearances include national public radio, wisconsin public radio, voice of america, and air america. and she has worked as a consultant for pbs. please join me in welcoming nancy unger. [applause] prof. unger: i am so honored to be here at the birmingham public library, and i really want to thank jim baggett for inviting me to speak, and to him and everyone who worked so successfully to publicize this event. most of all, i really

american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 9:00 eastern, santa clara university professor nancy unger looks at the role of gay bars in american history. >> many closeted gays go to their first gay bar for example san francisco's black cat. in these bars they find out that they're not the only one, that there are lots of people who are attack sexually. when the war -- atypically sexually. when the war is over they don't want to return to their small town closets and many settle in the city where they first experience some self-acceptance. >> at 10:30, government policymakers and officials talk about the 1931 nunn-lugar act talking about the process of storing and destroy the soviet chemical weapons. >> what we found was that from the russians, the nuclear complex was not the inheritance from hell, to them, it was the means for the revival of a great russia. >> sunday evening at 6:00 on american artifacts, fdr presidential archivist hanson and christina kovac on their efforts to preserve 10 of franklin development roosevelt's most important speeches. >> it was historical significance an

american history tv on c-span 3, saturday night at 9:00 eastern, santa clara university professor nancy unger at the role of gay bars in american history. >> many closeted gays go to their first gay bar. for example, san francisco's black cat. and in these bars, they find out that they're not the only ones. that there are lots of people who are atypical sexually. and when the war is over, they don't want to return to their small towns and small town closets. many settle instead in the cities where they first experienced some self acceptance. >> and then at 10:30, government policy makers and officials talk about the 1991 nonluger act establishing the process of storing, dismantling and destroying soviet chemical weapons. >> what we found is that to the russians, it was not an inher trance to hell, it was the revival after great russia. >> sunday at of okay on american artifacts, matthew hanson, and christina co-vac, on their efforts to preserve ten of president franklin d. roosevelt's most important speeches. >> we selected films based on historical significa hisser to significance, how often

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american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 9:00 eastern, santa clara university professor nancy unger looks at the role of gay bars in american history. >> many closeted gays go to their first gay bar. for example, san francisco's black cat. and in these bars san francisco cat. in these bars they find out that they are not the only one, and that will have lots of people who are atypical sexually, and when the war is over, they don't want to return to their small towns and their small town closets, and many settled instead of the cities with where they first experienced some self-acceptance. >> and then at 10:30, government policy makers and officials talk about the 1991 nunn/lugar act to destroy and disassemble the nuclear acts. >> what we found for the russians is that the nuclear complex was not an inheritance from hell. to them, it was the means for the revival of the great russia. >> sunday evening at 6:00 on american ar artifacts, fdr and presidential library archivist and american preservationist talk about their ability to preserve ten of franklin roosevelt's speeches. >> we se

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weekend on american history tv on c-span3, tonight at 9:00 eastern, santa clara university professor nancy unger looks at the role of gay bars in american history. >> many closeted gays go to their first gay bar. for example san francisco's black cat. they find out they are not the only ones. there are lots of people who are atypical sexually. and when the war is over they don't want to return to their small town in their small-town clauses. -- closets. many settle in the cities were the first experience self-acceptance. >> at 10:30, policymakers and officials talk about the 1991 non-lugar act, establishing the process of destroying soviet chemical and nuclear weapons. >> what we found is that to the russians, the nuclear complex was not an inheritance from hell. means for the the revival of a great russia. >> sunday evening at 6:00 on american artifacts, fdr presidential library archivist matthew hansen and motion picture preservationists christina kovac on their efforts to restore tenant president roosevelt's most important speeches. >> we select the films based on historical significance, fre

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american history tv" on c-span3, saturday night at 9:00 eastern, santa clara university professor nancy ungerooks at the role of gay bars in american history. >> many closeted gays go to their first gay bar. for example, san francisco's black cat. and in these bars, they find out that they're not the only ones. that there are lots of people who are atypical sexually. and when the war is over, they don't want to return to their small towns and their small-town closets. many settle, instead, in the cities where they first experienced some self-acceptance. >> and then at 10:30, government policymakers and officials talk about the 1991 nunn/lugar act, storing, dismantling and destroying soviet nuclear and chemical weapons. >> what we found is that to the russians, the nuclear complex was not an inheritance from hell. to them, it was the means for the revival of a great russia. >> sunday evening at 6:00, on "american artifacts," fdr presidential library archivist matthew hansen and national archives' motion picture preservationist christina co-vak on their efforts to preserve franklin d. roosevelt

american history tv on c-span 3, saturday night at 9:00 eastern, santa clara university professor nancy unger at the role of gay bars in history. >> many closeted gays go to their first gay bar. for example, san francisco's black cat. and in these bars they find out that they're not the only ones. that there are lots of people who are atypical sexually. and when the war is over, they don't want to return to their small towns and their small town closets. many settle instead in the cities where they first experienced some self acceptance. >> then at 10:30, government policy makers and officials talk about the 1991 nunn-lager act establishing the process of storing, dismantling chemical weapons. >> what we found with the russians the nuclear complex was not an inheritance from hell. to them, it was the means for the revival of a great russia. >> sunday evening at 6:00 on american artifacts, fdr presidential library arcivist and christina kovack on their efforts to preserve ten of franklin d. roosevelt's most important speeches. >> we chose them on significance, frequency of how often they are r

american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 9:00 eastern, santa clara university professor nancy unger looks at the role of gay bars in american history. >> many closeted gays go to their first gay bar for example san francisco's black cat. in these bars they find out that they're not the only one, that there are lots of people who are attack sexually. when the war -- atypically sexually. when the war is over they don't want to return to their small town closets and many settle in the city where they first experience some self-acceptance. >> at 10:30, government policymakers and officials talk about the 1931 nunn-lugar act talking about the process of storing and destroy the soviet chemical weapons. >> what we found was that from the russians, the nuclear complex was not the inheritance from hell, to them, it was the means for the revival of a great russia. >> sunday evening at 6:00 on american artifacts, fdr presidential archivist hanson and christina kovac on their efforts to preserve 10 of franklin development roosevelt's most important speeches. >> it was historical significance an

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visit ncicap.org] announcer: next on american history tv, santa clara university professor nancy unger talks about the role of gay bars in american history. professor unger says by the end of the 19th century, bars and clubs catering to homosexuals could be found in most major american cities. she argues that these establishments offered gays and

american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 9:00 eastern, santa clara university professor nancy unger looks at the role of gay bars in american history. >> many closeted gays go to their first gay bar. for example, san francisco's black cat. and in these bars they find out that they're not the only ones, there are lots of people who are atypical sexually. and when the war is over, they don't want to return to their small towns and their small town closets. many settle instead in the cities where they first experienced some self-acceptance. >> and then at 10:30, government policymakers and officials talk about the 1991 nonluger act, establishing the formal process of storing, dismantling and soviet nuclear and chemical weapons. >> what we found is that to the russians, the nuclear complex was not an inheritance from hell. to them, it gets the means for the revival of a great russia. >> sunday evening at 6:00, on american artifacts, fdr presidential library archivist matthew hansen and christina kovac on their efforts to preserve ten of president franklin d. roosevelt's most important s

. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, tonight at 9:00, university professor nancy unger looks at the role of gay bars in american history. >> many go to these bars and they find out they are not the only ones, there are lots of people that are atypical sexually. when the war is over, they do not want to return to their small towns and small-town closets. many settle in the cities where they experience self-acceptance. >> at 10:30 p.m., policymakers talk about the luger act, establishing the process of destroying soviet chemical weapons. >> what we found is that the russians, the nuclear complex, was not an inheritance from hell. means fort was the the revival of a great russia. >> sunday evening on american artifacts, the fdr presidential archivist, and a preservationist, on their efforts to preserve tenant of his most important speeches. >> we look at the films based on historical significance, frequency of how often they are requested, and quality of the footage. nationsee one third of a still house -- ill housed, ill clad. atand at 8:00, looking israeli-the american r