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June 27-28, 1969: Stonewall crowd erupts after police arrest and rough up patrons. After midnight on an unseasonably hot Friday night, the Stonewall was packed when eight plainclothes or...
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May 31, 2017 · The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising, took place on June 28, 1969, in New York City, after police raided the Stonewall Inn, a local gay club.
The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, Stonewall revolution, [3] or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous, violent 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.
During those six days, police arrested 21 people. No one died during the riots—except for the Stonewall Inn itself, which soon after shut down and remained dormant for decades.
Jun 28, 2019 · After the Stonewall protests happened, the first Pride festival officially took place in the UK in 1972. Around 2,000 people turned out for the event back then. But now, more than a million...
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Jun 17, 2019 · Stonewall: A riot that changed millions of lives. When half a dozen police officers raided a Mafia-run gay bar on a hot New York night 50 years ago, little did they know their actions would spark...
Mar 7, 2024 · In 1969, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, changed the landscape of homosexual society quite literally overnight. Since then, the term 'Stonewall' itself has become almost synonymous with the struggle for gay rights.
