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Stonewall 50: Help StoryCorps Preserve The Voices Of LGBTQ Elders

StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, right, and his father, Richard Isay. (Courtesy of StoryCorps)
StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, right, and his father, Richard Isay. (Courtesy of StoryCorps)

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The violence that followed a police raid in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York helped spark the movement for LGBTQ rights. In honor of the anniversary, StoryCorps is asking people to record stories of LGBTQ elders. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay about the project.

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