This Day in History: The Stonewall Riots Begin from hot village Watch Video
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Description: This Day in History: , The Stonewall <br/>Riots Begin.<br/>June 28, 1969.<br/>The riots are considered the <br/>first major protest of the <br/>LGBTQ community for equal rights.<br/>They began after midnight <br/>at the Stonewall Inn on <br/>Christopher Street in <br/>Greenwich Village.<br/>Police raided the popular gay club for <br/>operating without a liquor license.<br/>After decades of being <br/>targeted by the NYPD, the patrons began to <br/>fight back by throwing bottles at police.<br/>Several days of protests <br/>followed, mobilizing into the <br/>Gay Liberation Front and other <br/>gay civil rights organizations.<br/>The NYPD made a formal <br/>apology for its role in the <br/>riots — and for the laws <br/>that led to them — in 2019
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