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-Stonewall Inn, popular gay bar in Manhattan's West Village -June 27, 1969 -Gay bars were regularly raided by police, raided this one -Gay Activist Movement, the made a stand against the police -As the police raided the bar, a crowd of four hundred patrons gathered on the street outside and watched the officers arrest the bartender, the doorman, and a few drag queens -Crowd grew to 2000 -Threw bottles and trash cans -Police reinforcements arrived but they still fought back -Over by about 4AM, they came back stronger the next day and rioted the streets until a riot-control squad stopped them -The following Wednesday,about 1000 returned to march on Christopher Street -Pivotal moment in Gay Rights Movement
 * __Stonewall Riots__**

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