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English: The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the LGBT community against a police raid that took place on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan, New York City.
The Stonewall riots (also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, Stonewall revolution, [3] or simply Stonewall) were a series of spontaneous riots and demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
Stonewall Uprising begins with a general overview of societal attitudes toward homosexuality in 1960s America. Archival footage from locally produced television programs, public service films warning of the "dangers" of homosexuality, an episode of CBS Reports titled "The Homosexuals", and interviews with Stonewall participants and observers Virginia Apuzzo, Martin Boyce, Raymond Castro, Danny ...
New York City's first gay pride march, then called Christopher Street Liberation Day, was held on June 28, 1970, the first anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising.
The uprising that took place at The Stonewall Inn 51 years ago this week was the spark that set off a powder keg, paving the way for acceptance and equality of gay, lesbian and transgender people ...
On June 28, 1969, although not for the first time, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in Greenwich Village, New York City. During this time, in every state but Illinois, acts of ...
1969 – Stonewall riots, occurred June 28 through July 2 as a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community in response to a police raid of the Stonewall Inn [20]
The colorful flags near the Stonewall National Monument, located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood and ... The area was the site of the 1969 Stonewall uprising and protests often ...