Stonewall

were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) communityundefinedagainst a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, located in the Greenwich Villageneighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

Very few establishments welcomed openly gay people in the 1950s and 1960s. Police raids on gay bars were routine in the 1960s, but officers quickly lost control of the situation at the Stonewall Inn. They attracted a crowd that was incited to riot.