9 min listen
The Stonewall Riot
FromWitness History
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
In June 1969, the gay community in New York responded to police brutality and harassment by rioting outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. The protest sparked the creation of the modern LGBT rights movement and the first Gay Pride events. Simon Watts talks to Stonewall veteran, John O'Brien.
PHOTO: The Stonewall Inn today (Getty Images).
PHOTO: The Stonewall Inn today (Getty Images).
Released:
Jun 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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