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Stonewall riots
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Stonewall riots
The
Stonewall riots
were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the
gay (LGBT) community
against a
police raid
that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the
Stonewall Inn
, located in the
Greenwich Village
neighborhood of
Manhattan
,
New York City
. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the
gay liberation
movement and the modern fight for
LGBT rights in the United States
.
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