Highlights From The Turbulent 1960s Civil Rights Movement

The Stonewall Riots

The last major Civil Rights riots of the 1960s took place in June 28, 1969 after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn of Greenwich Village, New York. The bar was a gay bar and popular with the gay men, women and transgender people and also had a reputation for attracting prostitutes and the homeless.

Source: The Back Label

Police raids were common at the time for gay bars but in this case, the police lost control and a riot ensued. Another riot took place the following evening and yet another followed a few days later. The Stonewall Riots gave birth to an organized gay civil rights movement in America and several groups formed in their aftermath in New York City.