On Saturday, June 28, 1969, nine policemen entered the Stonewall Inn, arrested the employees for selling liquor without a license.
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History of the Stonewall Riot
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It was a pinpoint within the international gay rights movement.
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Stonewall Inn. employees were arrested for selling liquor without a licence. The crowd turned angry after patrons were arrested shortly after.
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Policemen were barricaded themselves inside the bar while some 400+ people rioted outside.
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The riot lasted for five days.
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Many historians characterized the uprising as a spontaneous protest against the perpetual police harassment and social discrimination suffered by a variety of sexual minorities in the 1960s.
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After the event organizations like: Human Rights Campaign, OutRage!, GLAAD, PFLAG, Queer Nation and Gay Liberation Front
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In 1999 the U.S. National Park Service placed the Stonewall Inn on the National Register of Historic Places.
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On the 1st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the first gay pride parades in U.S. history took place in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and near the Stonewall Inn in New York.
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Regarded as the first major protest for equal rights for the LGBT community.
