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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.
The Stonewall Inn (also known as Stonewall) is a gay bar and recreational tavern at 53 Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.It was the site of the 1969 Stonewall riots, which led to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States.
Christopher Park entrance, site of the Gay Liberation Monument. Stonewall National Monument includes and surrounds the 0.19-acre (8,300 sq ft; 770 m 2) [3] [4] Christopher Park (also known as Christopher Street Park), a park originally built on a lot that New Netherland Director-General Wouter van Twiller settled as a tobacco farm from 1633 to 1638, when he died.
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 ...
1969: The uprising that gave Stonewall Columbus its name happened on June 28, 1969. The Stonewall Uprising began in New York between police and LGBTQ+ protestors after a raid at a gay bar, the ...
On June 28, 1969, an 18-year-old Mark Segal was one of the many LGBTQ people outside Stonewall Inn, where a stand was being taken against the latest police raid of one of the community’s few ...
Frédéric André Sargeant (born July 29, 1948) [1] is a French-American gay rights activist and a former lieutenant with the Stamford, Connecticut Police Department. [2] He participated in each of the nights of the 1969 Stonewall riots and was one of the four co-founders of the first NYC Pride March march in Manhattan in 1970.
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.