{"product_id":"the-stonewall-riots-a-documentary-history","title":"The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary  the most important moment in LGBTQ historydepicted by the people who influenced  recorded  and reacted to it.  June 28  1969  Greenwich Village: The New York City Police Department  fueled by bigoted liquor licensing practices and an omnipresent backdrop of homophobia and transphobia  raided the Stonewall Inn  a neighborhood gay bar  in the middle of the night. The raid was met with a series of responses that would go down in history as the most galvanizing period in this countrys fight for sexual and gender liberation: a riotous reaction from the bars patrons and surrounding community  followed by six days of protests.  Across 200 documents  Marc Stein presents a unique record of the lessons and legacies of Stonewall. Drawing from sources that include mainstream  alternative  and LGBTQ media  gay-bar guide listings  state court decisions  political fliers  first-person accounts  song lyrics  and photographs  Stein paints an indelible portrait of this pivotal moment in the LGBT movement. In The Stonewall Riots  Stein does not construct a neatly quilted  streamlined narrative of Greenwich Village  its people  and its protests; instead  he allows multiple truths to find their voices and speak to one another  much like the conversations youd expect to overhear in your neighborhood bar.  Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the moment the first brick (or shot glass?) was thrown  The Stonewall Riots allows readers to take stock of how LGBTQ life has changed in the US  and how it has stayed the same. It offers campy stories of queer resistance  courageous accounts of movements and protests  powerful narratives of police repression  and lesser-known stories otherwise buried in the historical record  from an account of ball culture in the mid-sixties to a letter by Black Panther Huey P. Newton addressed to his brothers and sisters in the resistance. For anyone committed to political activism and social justice  The Stonewall Riots provides a much-needed resource for renewal and empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985179209781,"sku":"ByrdShop_147981685X","price":23.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781479816859.jpg?v=1770850643","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-stonewall-riots-a-documentary-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}