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HISTORY OF THE STONEWALL INN RIOTS


1969 Stonewall Riots ‑ Origins, Timeline & Leaders | HISTORY

The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising, began in the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay ...

1969: The Stonewall Uprising - LGBTQIA+ Studies: A Resource Guide

By 1969, the Stonewall Inn (now a national monument) was one of the most popular gay bars in New York City.Throughout the state, homosexuality was considered a ...

A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States: The Stonewall Riots

The Stonewall Riots ignited after a police raid took place at the Stonewall Inn. The tension from ongoing harassment galvanized the LGBTQ community to riot for ...

Stonewall Riots - wenatchee pride

On June 28, 1969, in a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in New York City, a police raid sparked rioting, in what became the genesis of ...

Stonewall riots - Wikipedia

Although the demonstrations were not the first time American homosexuals fought back against government-sponsored persecution of sexual minorities, the ...

How the Stonewall uprising ignited the pride movement

A June 1969 police raid of the New York bar erupted into a days-long rebellion that lit a fire under the fight for LGBTQ rights.

Stonewall Inn: Through the Years | American Experience - PBS

On June 28th, 1969 a fairly typical police raid escalated into a three-day riot after the patrons refused to leave the bar. That night, six police officers were ...

June 28, 1969: Stonewall Riots - Zinn Education Project

On June 28, 1969, New York City police arrived at the Stonewall Inn, a bar in Greenwich Village that catered to the gay community, to conduct a routine raid ...

HISTORY OF THE STONEWALL INN RIOTS | Brooklyn Brewery

On 28th June 1969 the patrons of The Stonewall Inn chose to fight. They had had enough of the fear and discrimination and police brutality. As people gathered ...

Stonewall then and now - Harvard Gazette

And they weren't protesters but mostly patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a popular Greenwich Village gay bar. The trouble started when the ...

Stonewall riots | Definition, Significance, & Facts - Britannica

Stonewall riots, series of violent confrontations that began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, between police and gay rights activists outside the Stonewall ...

Stonewall Inn - NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

From June 28 to July 3, 1969, the Stonewall uprising that began inside the Stonewall Inn, which occupied the two storefronts at 51-53 Christopher Street, spread ...

What Happened at the Stonewall Riots? A Timeline of the 1969 ...

Accounts vary over exactly what kicked off the riots, but according to witness reports, the crowd erupted after police roughed up a woman ...

History & Culture - Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National ...

In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn provoked a spontaneous act of resistance that earned a place alongside ...

Today in History - June 28 | Library of Congress

June 28, 1969 marks the beginning of the Stonewall Uprising, a series of events between police and LGBTQ+ protesters that stretched over six days.

The Stonewall Inn: How a 1969 Uprising Made an NYC Bar a ...

In 1969, a police raid sparked an uprising at NYC's Stonewall Inn ... The Stonewall's recent history has some difficult moments, including ...

The True Story Behind The Stonewall Riots | i-D - YouTube

Fifty years on from the landmark Stonewall riots, the circumstances for NYC's LGBT+ culture have changed exponentially.

The Stonewall uprising: 50 years of LGBT history

On this day 50 years ago, an uprising took place at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. ... As it was raided by the police in the early hours, ...

Watch Stonewall Uprising | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City on June 28, 1969, the street ...

New York City (NYC) Stonewall Inn Riot - 1969 - NYCdata | Disasters

On June 28, 1969, in the late hours of the night, a routine police raid of a gay bar called Stonewall Inn sparked the fire that fueled the first wave of the ...