Essential Question: 

How can the way that history is taught and remembered create or reinforce “in” groups and “out” groups in a society? 

(Facing History and Ourselves)

 

Stonewall 25th anniversary button

 

Cross-Link: LGBTQIA Civil Rights Movement

 

 

The History of Pride, Library of Congress

 

 

 

Stonewall -- June 28, 1969: The Beginning of the LGBTQ Rights Movement 

 

 

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

 

• In 1969 at the Stonewall bar in NYC, tensions between police and LGBTQ patrons reached a boiling point.

 

• Gay people were tired of being judged, ridiculed, and imprisoned (at the time, it was illegal to be gay), and they rose up against police brutality, igniting the gay rights movement. 

 

• June 6, 2019:  New York Police Commissioner Apologizes for Police Actions during the Stonewall Uprising.  

• Commissioner James O'Neill said that "the actions taken by the NYPD were wrong."
  

 

 

Stonewall National Monument

 

Stonewall National Monument established in 2016 by the National Park System. 

 

Stonewall National Historic Landmark Nomination, National Park Service, 1999

• First U.S. National Monument to honor LGBTQ Civil Rights Movement. In 2023, there are 130 national monuments managed by various federal agencies.

 

• The site of the uprisings in Greenwich Village is recognized as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) by the National Park Service and is considered significant under Criterion 1because of its association with events that outstandingly represent the struggle for civil rights in America

 

Presidential Proclamation: Establishment of the Stonewall National Monument (2016)

 

Stonewall Forever Monument (VR Model)

 

 

Multimedia Resources

 

Videos
Stonewall Riots 40th Anniversary

 

Stonewall Riots (Article w/Video)

 

How the Stonewall Riots Sparked a Movement | History (Video)

 

Even People Who Were There Still Don’t Agree on How Stonewall Started. Here’s What We Do Know (Article w/Video)

 

Who Threw The First Brick? Shane O'Neill's Asks and Finds Answers (Video)

 

American Experience; Stonewall Uprising; Interview with Virgina Apuzzo Series 1-3 (Video/Interview)

 

Google Arts and Culture Visit Stonewall Virtually 

 

Google Arts and Culture The History of Stonewall, The Uprising That Sparked a Movement

 

 

Podcasts

Making Gay History | Stonewall 50 Episode 1

 

NPR | The Sound of Pride

 

StoryCorps | Elders of the LGBTQ+ Community

 

WNYC | Prejudice and Pride

 

 

 

The LGBTQ Rights Movement and Activism Before Stonewall

 

Click here to see a timeline of the struggle for equal rights

Click here for more history on the LGBTQIA movement from PBS

NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

 

Before Stonewall:  Four Other Significant LGBT Rights Sites

 

 

Ladies in the Streets: Before Stonewall, Transgender Uprising Changed Lives, from CodeSwitch, NPR


See also, Stonewall, the Mafia, History and Teaching

 

Primary Sources

Stonewall Riots 40th Anniversary: A Look Back at the Uprising That Launched the Modern Gay Rights Movement, Democracy Now (June 26, 2009) has a video and transcript of memories from people who were there.

 

Oral Histories

 

Wendell Walker Interview

 

Martha Shelly Interview

 

Matthew Merlin and Michael Levine

 

Mark Segal and Victoria Cruz Interview

Learning Plans

Stonewall: The Riot That Started a Revolution

Discussion Guide: Stonewall Uprising, an American Experience Documentary

 

Stonewall and Beyond:  Gay and Lesbian Issues, Thirteen EdOnline

 

 

The Road to the First Gay Pride Parade (September 28, 1970)

 

 

Museums and Art

 

Columbus Museum of Art | Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989

 

New York Historical Society | Stonewall at 50

 

Stonewall Nation Museum and Archives | BLK: The National Black Lesbian and Gay News Magazine

 

Stonewall Nation Museum and Archives | First Look: A New Perspective into Stonewall's Archives

 

 

More Cross-Links to LGBTQIA Histories

 

Alan Turing, Computer Scientist and Cryptanalyst

Harvey Milk, Gay Civil Rights Leader

Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights and Gay Rights Activist

Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, Transgender and GayCivil Rights Activists

The AIDS Epidemic in the US and the World

The Lavender Scare

 

LGBTQ Court Cases

 

Walt Whitman, Bard of Democracy

 

Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space