Defining Moments: The Stonewall Riots
Defining Moments: The Stonewall Riots
Editor/Author
Hillstrom, Laurie Collier
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Single-User Purchase Price:
$60.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$90.00
ISBN: 978-1-78539-843-8
Category: Social Sciences - Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Image Count:
40
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Defining Moments: The Stonewall Riots provides a detailed account of the June 28, 1969, raid on a popular gay bar by New York City police that launched a six-day series of violent protests and inspired the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) civil rights movement in the United States.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- How to Use This Book
- Research Topics for Defining Moments: The Stonewall Riots
- NARRATIVE OVERVIEW
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Homophobia and Discrimination
- Chapter 2: The LGBT Experience in New York City
- Chapter 3: Raid on the Stonewall Inn
- Chapter 4: Growth of the LGBT Rights Movement
- Chapter 5: The AIDS Crisis and the Struggle for Acceptance
- Chapter 6: Progress in the Courts
- Chapter 7: Legacy of the Stonewall Riots
- BIOGRAPHIES
- Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992) Stonewall Riot Participant and Transgender Rights Activist
- Frank Kameny (1925-2011) Father of the LGBT Rights Movement
- Dick Leitsch (1935-) LGBT Rights Activist and New York Mattachine Society Leader
- Seymour Pine (1919-2010) New York Police Inspector Who Led the Stonewall Inn Raid
- Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002) Stonewall Riot Participant and Transgender Rights Activist
- Craig Rodwell (1940-1993) Bookstore Owner, Activist, and Stonewall Riot Participant
- Martha Shelley (1943-) LGBT Rights Activist and Witness to the Stonewall Riots
- Howard Smith (1936-2014) Journalist Who Reported from Inside the Stonewall Inn
- PRIMARY SOURCES
- A Medical Journal Exhibits Homophobia
- The Kinsey Report Explodes Myths about Homosexuality
- Lucian Truscott Covers the Stonewall Riots
- Howard Smith Reports from Inside the Bar
- Media Coverage Angers LGBT Activists
- Homophile Leaflet Protests “Intolerable Situation”
- Harvey Milk Inspires Hope in LGBT People
- President Barack Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
- The Supreme Court Rules for Marriage Equality
- Students Describe Experiences with Homophobia
- The Stonewall Inn Gains National Recognition
- Important People, Places, and Terms
- Chronology
- Sources for Further Study
- Bibliography
- Photo and Illustration Credits