Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Told by those who took part, from drag queens and street hustlers to police detectives, journalists and a former mayor of ...

Stonewall Uprising : American Experience. Preview | 30s On June 28, 1969, when police raided Stonewall, gay men and women did something they had not done before: they fought back.

For the first time ever, patrons refused to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a violent three-day uprising that launched the gay rights movement. Based on David Carter's "Stonewall: The Riots that ...

This 2010 documentary is essentially an oral history from some of those who were at the Stonewall Inn on the night of the police raid that sparked a rebellion.

PBS’ “American Experience” series airs the documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner about the police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City on June 28, 1969, and the riots that ...

A revered landmark for American gay rights activists, Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn has undergone several transformations in the decades since it was the focal point of a three-day riot in 1969.

The uprising was a transformative experience, he said, but the bar's biggest effect on Lanigan-Schmidt came before the riot. "The Stonewall was totally different because you could slow dance together.