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History Daily

The Stonewall Uprising

History Daily

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🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

June 28, 1969. A police raid on a gay bar in New York City ignites the modern LGBTQ rights movement.


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It's June 28, 1969, around 1 a.m. on a hot night in New York City.

0:25.6

28-year-old Raymond Castro laughs and drinks with friends in the back of the dingy,

0:30.2

dimly lit stone wall in. A few feet away, queer and trans people fill the dance floor.

0:36.4

He elicit mafia-owned bar and granite village as one of the few places in the city where Raymond

0:41.5

feels safe as a gay man. But tonight the revelry is ruined when the music suddenly stops and the

0:47.3

lights come on. Raymond and his friends freeze. As someone pushes him from behind,

0:52.8

uttering him into a back room, it dawns on Raymond that this is a raid.

0:57.5

Police raids on the stone wall are not uncommon, but usually there's warning. Tonight is different.

1:03.3

Raymond's heart races as he's asked to hand over his ID. The police eventually release him

1:09.5

several others to the street outside, but a few of his friends are held behind.

1:14.4

On the street in front of the stone wall, Raymond sees a police fan parked on the sidewalk

1:19.4

and joins a growing crowd of concerned onlookers. Through the commotion he spots a young friend

1:24.7

still inside and starts to panic. He knows his friend has no ID and will likely be arrested,

1:31.2

but Raymond is prepared with a fake one. He just has to get it to his friend.

1:35.9

Raymond makes his way through the crowd and back toward the entrance of the stone wall.

1:40.2

When out of nowhere, two plain clothes officers appear and grab each of his arms.

1:44.9

He struggles against them as they force him toward the open sliding door of the police van.

1:50.1

As he's being dragged away, the crowd grows larger and more agitated,

1:54.9

bottles and rocks fly through the air. Drenlin pumping, Raymond jumps up into the van and then

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