STONEWALL RIOTS 1969
The Stonewall Riots, also called the Stonewall Uprising, began in the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City.
The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighbourhood residents as police roughly hauled employees and patrons out of the bar, leading to six days of protests and violent clashes with law enforcement outside the bar, in neighbouring streets and in nearby Christopher Park.
The Stonewall Riots served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
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If you would like to know more about the history around the Stonewall Riots we have some suggested further reading for you here...
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising our LGBT+ business partner Stonewall talk about the event as a reminder of the power of standing together in defiance of those who seek to divide us.
Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America
MARTIN DUBERMAN
This book follows a group of six people and their experiences during this period of history. Penned by a renowned historian and activist, it does a masterful job of recreating that time period. It touches on the repression that led up to the events of the five days in 1969. In this book, we follow the group through this event up to the first official Pride march in 1970.
We are everywhere: Protests, power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation
MATTHEW REIMER AND LEIGHTON BROWN
This photographic book journeys through the decades of struggle before that fateful night and the events of those five days. It traces LGBTQ+ activism as far back as nineteenth century Europe to the present day. It is a visual representation of the history and speaks multitudes on that community, what they’ve been through, and how far they’ve come.
The Stonewall Reader
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND EDMUND WHITE
This is an anthology that pulls from the NYPL archives made up of a variety of written pieces that include diary entries, periodic lit, articles from LGBTQ+ magazines and much more. It also focuses on iconic activists, such as Sylvia Rivera and Ernestine Eckstein. This collection focuses not only on Stonewall but also on the five years before and after as well. It is a great overview of the impact that night in 1969 had on the LGBTQ+ community.