Bibliograph

Stonewall, the definitive story of the LGBTQ rights uprising that changed America, Martin Duberman

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Stonewall, the definitive story of the LGBTQ rights uprising that changed America, Martin Duberman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-384) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stonewall

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1083706879

Responsibility statement

Martin Duberman

Sub title

the definitive story of the LGBTQ rights uprising that changed America

Summary

The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village. At a little after one a.m. on the morning of June 28, 1969, the police carried out a routine raid on the bar. But it turned out not to be routine at all. Instead of cowering-- the usual reaction to a police raid-- the patrons inside Stonewall and the crowd that gathered outside the bar fought back against the police. The five days of rioting that followed changed forever the face of lesbian and gay life. In the years since 1969, the Stonewall riots have become the central symbolic event of the modern gay movement. Renowned historian and activist Martin Duberman tells the full story of what happened at Stonewall, focusing on the lives of six people involved in the struggle for LGBTQ rights, and recreating in vivid detail those heady, sweltering nights in June 1969, revealing a wealth of previously unknown material

Table Of Contents

Growing up -- Young adulthood -- The early sixties -- The mid-sixties -- The late sixties -- 1969 -- Post-Stonewall: 1969-70 -- Epilogue: 2019

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