Rewind: Stonewall 50: Episode 1: Prelude to a Riot
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive - June 2, 2022
- 38:25
Conflict has context. In this first episode of Making Gay History’s Stonewall season, we hear stories from the pre-Stonewall struggle for LGBTQ rights. We travel back in time to the turbulent 1960s and take you to the tinderbox that was Greenwich Village on the eve of an uprising.First aired June 6, 2019. Visit MGH’s episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources, as well as the episode’s transcript.
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