"The Stonewall Riots were a series of violent and chaotic demonstrations that lasted over several days and are today seen as the start of the modern LGBTQ+ movement ... The Stonewall Riots brings the uprising into perspective by tracing American gay history from the late 1800s up to the 1969 demonstration and its aftermath ... To fully understand the scope of the riots and their impact, Gayle E. Pitman examines the demonstrations through an array of objects from and people of the period"--Dust jacket.
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