Stonewall Riots

(noun)

Riots against a police raid that took place on June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, which propelled LGBTQ activism and visibility.

Related Terms

Examples of Stonewall Riots in the following topics:

  • LGBTQ Civil Rights

    • The Stonewall Riots of 1969 are often thought to mark the starting point of a worldwide LGBTQ rights movement.
    • While homophile organizations made early explicit attempts to improve LGBTQ peoples' status, it was not until The Stonewall Riots of 1969 that large numbers of LGBTQ advocates united to demand legal and social rights.

  • Other Forms of Political Participation

    • Extreme forms of protest behavior include acts that cause harm, like bombing a building or rioting.
    • Members of social movements may resort to rioting when they perceive that there are no conventional alternatives for getting their message across.

  • British Taxes and Colonial Grievances

    • Thousands of New Yorkers rioted near the location where the stamps were stored.

  • Powers of the American Government Under the Articles of Confederation

    • In 1783, Washington defused the Newburgh conspiracy, but riots by unpaid Pennsylvania veterans forced the Congress to temporarily leave Philadelphia.

  • Politics and the Great Recession of 2008

    • In the evening the rally turned into a Riot.