Stonewall | Why Don’t You Do Something? | 3

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Resistance at restaurants in San Francisco and Philadelphia showcased the building tension as trans activists challenged long-standing policies of discrimination. But leading gay rights groups continued to stress a calm, non-confrontational approach to reform.

That all changed in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn.

For police, it was just another raid, but this time would be different: the Stonewall’s patrons would fight back. The clashes on Christopher Street would become an uprising against police oppression with long-lasting reverberations for the LGBTQ rights movement.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
0:05.6	download the app today.
0:09.4	Imagine a June 28th, 1969.
0:20.9	The blurry hours where Friday turns into Saturday.
0:24.3	Your young gay rights activist named Craig Rodwell, who runs a bookstore in Greenwich Village.
0:29.4	Tonight, you're walking home down Christopher Street with your boyfriend Fred.
0:33.3	Oh, it's crazy that it's this hot right now.
0:36.6	What is it?
0:37.6	One in the morning?
0:38.6	We've only gone two blocks and look, I'm drenched!
0:41.0	Yes, it's hot.
0:43.0	It's June.
0:44.4	What's eating you?
0:45.7	That whole card game and you barely said a word.
0:48.2	Bridge partners are supposed to help each other out, you know.
0:51.3	Ah, I'm sorry, I'm just not thinking about cards right now.
0:56.2	Well, what is it?
0:57.2	Say it.
0:58.2	Don't stew on it.
0:59.2	I just keep thinking about how they let that cop go free.
1:03.0	He shot and killed a man down by the waterfront.
1:05.8	Kill a gay man and you just get put right back in circulation.
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