Directory of Stonewall Riots Resources

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Considered the begining of the international gay right movement, this was a series of violent demonstrations in New York City after a police raid on a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn.

Resources in This Category

• NPR - 40 Years Later, Stonewall Riots Remembered

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106027136
  Audio from the radio program, with listener responses.

• Stonewall Riots 40th Anniversary: Footprints in Gay History

  http://www.aarp.org/makeadifference/advocacy/stonewall_40th_anniversary/
  AARP TV walks with LGBT leaders and some Stonewall veterans on a tour of the neighborhood where the riots took place. Also includes articles and videos related to the event.

• Stonewall Riots, Drag Queens, and Judy Garland

  http://www.tobyjohnson.com/stonewall.html
  Connecting the funeral of Judy Garland and hippie patrons to the Stonewall incident.

• Wikipedia - Stonewall riots

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots
  Background on what was then called homophile activism, the history behind the Stonewall Inn, and events during and after the riots.

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