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Remembering the Stonewall Riots: California, and Sacramento’s History of Pride. Sacramento had its Pride march in response to police raiding a gay bar in the twentieth century, but very little information about it can be found online.
View of the riots held at the California State Fair grounds in 1971. Police encounter young people at the front gate of Cal Expo — Calisphere. Center for Sacramento History. Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection. View of the riots held at the California State Fair grounds in 1971.
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- The Pink Triangle Was Co-Opted from The Nazis and Reclaimed as A Badge of Pride.
- The Mafia Ran Gay Bars in NYC in The 1960s.
- Police Used A 19Th-Century Masquerade Law to Arrest People Dressed in Drag.
Before the pink triangle became a worldwide symbol of gay power, it was intended as a badge of shame. In Nazi Germany, a downward-pointing pink triangle was sewn onto the shirts of gay men in concentration camps—to identify and further dehumanize them. In 1972, The Men with the Pink Triangle, the first autobiography of a gay concentration camp surv...
It was an unlikely partnership. But between New York’s LGBTQ community in the 1960s being forced to live on the outskirts of society and the Mafia’s disregard for the law, the two became a profitable, if uneasy, match. The State Liquor Authority and the New York Police Department regularly raided bars that catered to gay patrons. Where the law saw ...
In the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, LGBTQ people were regularly arrested for violating what became known as the three-article rule—or the three-piece law. The rule stipulated that a person was required to wear at least three gender-appropriate articles of clothing to avoid arrest for cross-dressing. It was referenced everywhere—including in reports about ...
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Jul 29, 2016 · Dr. Charles Robinson claims not only that the supposed forces of law and order fired the first shot, but that the Sacramento Settlers’ Association – a group he led, generally known as the “squatters” – prevailed in their uprising against the corrupt speculators who controlled Sacramento’s government and land.
The U.S. Navy occupies Monterey and claims California for the United States. July: The American flag is raised at Sutter's Fort and John Augustus Sutter lays out the town of Sutterville. It is quickly eclipsed by Sacramento with the advent of the Gold Rush. October: The Donner Party trapped at Donner Lake. 1847.
Their movement challenged some of the most powerful people and corporations in the state, demonstrating a remarkable resilience and ingenuity on the path from Delano to Sacramento. Read the short essays below to learn more about the history and lasting legacy of the 1966 march.
The 2016 Sacramento riot was a civil disorder at a neo-Nazi and alt-right rally outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California on June 26, 2016. Alt-right and neo-Nazi groups including the Traditionalist Workers Party and other white supremacist groups were involved.
