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‘Rise Up’ exhibition at Illinois Holocaust Museum explores modern LGBTQ+ rights movement

By Nereida Moreno
   

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A new exhibition at the Illinois Holocaust Museum explores the June 1969 raid of the Stonewall Inn that ignited the modern LGBTQ+ movement in the U.S.

Reset talks to the museum’s education director about “Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBT Rights Movement,” which runs through May 8.

GUEST: Leah Rauch, director of education at Illinois Holocaust Museum

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