Stonewall 50: Episode 1: Prelude to a Riot
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - June 6, 2019
- 36:23
Conflict has context. In the first episode of Making Gay History’s Stonewall 50 season, we hear stories from the pre-Stonewall struggle for LGBTQ rights. We travel back in time to hear voices from the turbulent 1960s and take you to the tinderbox that was Greenwich Village on the eve of an uprising.Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources.
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May 23, 2019
- 03:42
A special season of Making Gay History to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Hear the voices of the rioters, and of...
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Stonewall 50: Episode 2: ”Everything Clicked… And the Riot Was On”
June 13, 2019
- 32:45
The Stonewall uprising began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Revisit that moment, and the hours and days that followed,...
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