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The Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village in June 1969 are widely remembered and commemorated as a watershed event in the movement for Gay liberation, and the later LGBT movements in New York City and worldwide. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police forces raided the Stonewall Inn, located on Christopher Street in New York City. [4]
The City of Los Angeles deemed the removal an act of civil disobedience. On June 30, 2020, the city introduced a motion to address controversial statues, plaques and other symbolic honorifics. [8] The park will be renamed by the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners in collaboration with local tribal communities. [9] [10]
The Hollywood Sculpture Garden is an outdoor garden in Los Angeles dedicated to the display of sculptures by various artists, including local, national, and international artists. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was founded in May 2012, by Dr. Robby Gordon, [ 3 ] and is located at 2430 Vasanta Way, Los Angeles in the Hollywood Hills (below the Hollywood sign ).
The Los Angeles City Council formally apologized for its role in the racist and brutal attacks on young Latino, Filipino and Black Angelenos. L.A. apologizes for city's role in Zoot Suit riots ...
Rapid urbanization has led to the rise of urban riots, often inner city. John F. McDonald and Daniel P. McMillen have identified Los Angeles's Watts Riots, in 1965, as the first "urban riots" in the United States. They were a part of what were known as race riots of the civil rights period. These riots in particular culminated in 1968–1969.
Bank of America Plaza (Los Angeles) Steel 63 x 10 ft tall Bank of America Corp. Art Collection [20] Frank Putnam Flint Fountain: Julia Bracken Wendt & Henry S. Makcay: September 13, 1933 Los Angeles City Hall South Lawn
The 2007 MacArthur Park rallies were two May Day rallies demanding amnesty for undocumented immigrants [1] [2] which occurred on May 1, 2007, at MacArthur Park, in Los Angeles. When the protest overflowed onto city streets, police drove motorcycles through the crowd, then ordered the crowd to disperse.
The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots, or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) [5] [6] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992.