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From the publisher

The definitive account of the Stonewall Riots, the first gay rights march, and the LGBTQ activists at the center of the movement.

"Martin Duberman is a national treasure."--Masha Gessen, The New Yorker

On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, was raided by police. But instead of responding with the typical compliance the NYPD expected, patrons and a growing crowd decided to fight back. The five days of rioting that ensued changed forever the face of gay and lesbian life.

In Stonewall, renowned historian and activist Martin Duberman tells the full story of this pivotal moment in history. With riveting narrative skill, he re-creates those revolutionary, sweltering nights in vivid detail through the lives of six people who were drawn into the struggle for LGBTQ rights. Their stories combine to form an unforgettable portrait of the repression that led up to the riots, which culminates when they triumphantly participate in the first gay rights march of 1970, the roots of today's pride marches.

Fifty years after the riots, Stonewall remains a rare work that evokes with a human touch an event in history that still profoundly affects life today.

Details

Title Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed America
Author Martin Duberman
Binding Paperback
Pages 432
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Plume Books
Publication date 2019-06-04
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated, Index
ISBN 9780593083987 / 0593083989
Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
Age range 18 to UP years
Grade levels 13 - UP
Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Sex & Gender: Gay
- Topical: Lgbt
Category History - General History
Library of Congress subjects Gay liberation movement - United States -, Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969
Dewey Decimal Code 306.766

About the author

Martin Duberman is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at City University of New York, where he founded and directed the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. He is the author of more than twenty-five biographies, memoirs, essays, plays, and novels. He is a recipient of the Bancroft Prize, multiple Lambda Literary Awards, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Historical Association, and he has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2012 Duberman received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Amherst College and in 2017 an honorary Doctor of Letters from Columbia University.