Stonewall Riots
On June 28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar, in New York City. Members of the LGBTQ+ community fought back against the police in what became a series of violent demonstrations over the course of several days. These demonstrations became known as the Stonewall Riots and are regarded as one of the most important events leading to the gay liberation movement.
All interviews were collected in 2016-2020 for the Queer Omaha Archives in UNO Libraries' Archives and Special Collections. The first interviews were collected by Dr. Jay Irwin in 2016 and his students in the Intro to LGBTQ Studies Sociology course in fall 2016. Since 2017, Luke Wegener has collected interviews for LGBTQ+ Voices: The Queer Omaha Archives Oral History Project.
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