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Annotated Bibliography All Thats Interesting​. Allthatsinteresting.Com Annotated Bibliography All Thats Interesting. allthatsinteresting.com/stonewall-riots. This source is a secondary source, ​ it gives information on the Stonewall Inn and how it was at the time. As it states, the Inn was in bad condition the bartenders would normally get your order wrong and the liquor didn't taste very good. Although the bar gave a sign of freedom and a place where they could be free. Alt, Exa von. "Protest and Rebellion in the 20th Century." Protest and Political Violence in U.S. ​ History, Facts On File, 2018. World Religions, ​ ​ ​ online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=16254&itemid=WE30&articleId=358203. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This article is a secondary source. This article is comparing the protests of the 20th century including the Stonewall Riots. This shows inspiration and ideas that the LGBTs took from other groups, and other groups taking ideas from the LGBTs. Associated Press. Rainbow Flag. 19 Feb. 2019. Afro, 19 Feb. 2019, afro.com/ ​ ​ ​ ​ church-rally-draws-more-than-200-after-lgbtq-sign-vandalized/. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This is a secondary source, a image of the rainbow flag. The rainbow flag is a symbol of homosexuals and gay pride. This is used during the gay pride marches during gay pride month. Bing. www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.yvDeI6UuZHTErPjwSpauzAHaEK&pid=Api&rs=1. This ​ source is a primary source, a photograph from the time of the Stonewall Riots. It shows a group of young people in front of the Stonewall Inn in September 1969. This helped me have a understanding of what type of aged people rioted against the police. Biography. "Pete Buttigieg Biography." Biography, 14 Nov. 2019, ​ ​ www.biography.com/political-figure/pete-buttigieg. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This article is a secondary source. This source talks about a gay man running for president and how the Stonewall has made him the man he is today. Cable News Network, Emanuella Grinberg. "How the Stonewall Riots Inspired Today's Pride Celebrations." Cable News Network, 28 June 2019, www.cnn.com/ ​ ​ 2019/06/28/us/1969-stonewall-riots-history/index.html. Accessed 8 Oct. 2019. This website article by Emanuella Grinberg is a secondary source. This event left a legacy which is celebrated with pride marches to honor the people who fought and started the gay rights movement. That event led to people to start marches and inspired many out in the world to fight for what they believe is okay. Colombia University, editor. "Stonewall and Beyond: Lesbian and Gay Culture." Colombia ​ University, edited by Colombia University, ​ www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/case1.html. This is a secondary source, it is an article with many aspects of Stonewall Riots in it. It shows the events that happened prior to Stonewall and the some of the events that had happened after the Stonewall Riots. Devoy, Maeve. "Lgbt Rights." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2019, ​ ​ americanhistory-abc-clio-xaaa.orc.scoolaid.net/Topics/Display/1771081?cid=41&sid=17 71081. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This article is a secondary source. This source gave me information of the progression in gay rights since the Stonewall riots. It gave me information on same sex marriage and a bit of background information. " Flashback: Stonewall Inn Riots of 1969." NBC News, uploaded by NBC News, 26 Oct. 2019, ​ ​ www.nbcnews.com/feature/flashback/video/flashback-stonewall-inn-riots-of-1969-79397 0243608. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019. This video is a secondary source. This video helped recap on hte subject of the Stonewall Riots and gave different ways of explaining the event. Gay people fighting police. The HomoCulture, ​ ​ ​ www.thehomoculture.com/2018/10/16/the-60s-and-stonewall-the-times-they-are-a-chang in/. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This picture is a secondary source because it was from a movie. This source really shows the gays protesting and fighting back at the police. Gay People Protesting Against Police. 26 June 2015, time.com/3937600/stonewall-bartender-remembers-riots/. Accessed 3 Dec. 2019. This source is a secondary source. This source is from a movie about the Stonewall Riots and it demonstrates the protests done by the gays against the police. "Gay Pride." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2019, ​ ​ americanhistory-abc-clio-xaaa.orc.scoolaid.net/Search/Display/260991. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This slogan from the database is a secondary source. This source gave information on a popular slogan that I wasn't aware of earlier Gay Pride March. ABC News, ​ ​ ​ abcnews.go.com/US/lgbt-activists-remember-stonewall-riots-50-years-fighting/story?id= 63083481. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This is a image, a primary source of a gay pride march. This is one of the impacts of the Stonewall Riots, and the people are parading for the homosexuals. The people would accept the homosexuals. "Gay Rights Movement." American History Online. Lincoln Library Press, 2013. FactCite, ​ ​ ​ ​ factcite.xaaa.orc.scoolaid.net/useh/5000159.html. This article is a secondary source. This source talks about other groups attempting to break the gay barrier with protests, although they were not as successful as the Stonewall Riots. Glass, Matthew, and Edward L. Queen. "Sexuality in American Culture." Encyclopedia of ​ American Religious History, Fourth Edition, Facts On File, 2018. World Religions, ​ ​ ​ online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=16254&itemid=WE30&articleId=195883. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This article is a secondary source. This article is giving the religious approach to the gay barrier and explaining the problem with a different point of view. Greenblatt, A. (2015, December 11). Transgender rights. CQ Researcher, 25, 1033-1056. ​ ​ ​ ​ Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.xaaa.orc.scoolaid.net/ This article is a secondary source. The article showed the impact the Stonewall Riots had on transgender people and how it helped them. This shows gays were not the only people who were affected by the riots. Hamilton, Neal. "Stonewall Riots." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2019, ​ ​ americanhistory-abc-clio-xaaa.orc.scoolaid.net/Search/Display/252881. Accessed 27 Sept. 2019. This database article by Neal Hamilton is a secondary source. This source explains the ways they rioted and most of what happened that day. This is raising awareness of an issue that is still present in society today and is an event that made a difference in society. History. ​ www.history.com/news/stonewall-riots-timeline#&gid=ci024785f780002481&pid=stone wall-riots-gettyimages-83599000. This is a primary source, it is a photograph of a sign outside the Stonewall Inn after the riots. It states that gay people of Greenwich Village wanted peace in the Village and no harm. This was created by the Mattachine Society. Holden, Stephen, editor. The New York Times. ​ ​ www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/movies/16stone.html. This source is a secondary source, it is a article on the New York Times that states information about the Stonewall Inn Riots. It also has a interview with one of the police officers and one of the eye witnesses. This also states how the riots were like during that time an what happened during the riots. "HOMOSEXUALITY." The Reader's Companion to American History, 1991. History Study ​ Center, ​ http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:ho-us&rft_dat= xri:ho:sup_ref:hmaA0000500. This article is a secondary source. This article gives information on homosexuality years before the riots and gay progression up to the Stonewall riots, and a few year after it. "The Homosexuals - Mike Wallace's CONTROVERSIAL 1967 CBS Report (FULL VIDEO)." Youtube, uploaded by Kim Smyth, 13 Sept. 2014, ​ www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1r6igCODw. Accessed 22 Nov. 2019. This video is a primary source. This video from 1967, which is prior to the riots hows the public's thought on homosexuals and opinions on them. Respected people like Mike Wallace are stereotyping these people and giving them a bad name. How Stuff Works, editor. How Stuff Works. ​ ​ history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/stonewall-riots5.htm. This a secondary source, it is a summary of what basically happened during the Stonewall Riots. This also has the impacts of the Stonewall Riots and how it affected some people. "Interview with Gil Horowitz on the Stonewall Riots." Youtube, 28 June 2014, This database ​ ​ article by Neal Hamilton is a secondary source. This source explains the ways they rioted and most of what happened that day. This is raising awareness of an issue that is still present in society today and is an event that made a difference in society. Accessed 26 Oct. 2019. This interview is a primary source. This video explains the story of what happened during the Stonewall Riots from someone who explains the event from both sides. This source helps historians see other perspectives during the event. Lane, Bettye. A photograph from a 1979 protest of the film "Cruising" that was featured in the film "Stonewall Uprising." 1979. New York Times, ​ ​ www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/movies/16stone.html. Accessed 18 Nov. 2019. This image is a secondary source. This image from 1979 illustrated what the events must've looked like during the time. This helped me understand how tough life was back then for the gays and the police brutality. LGBT. Stonewall Button. Digital Public Library of America, ​ ​ ​ ​ dp.la/primary-source-sets/stonewall-and-its-impact-on-the-gay-liberation-movement/sour ces/1416. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019. This is a primary source, it was most likely created right after the Stonewall Riots. It is a button that symbolizes the Stonewall Riots and what it brought to homosexuals. "LGBT Demographics of the United States." Pintrest, ​ ​ www.pinterest.com/pin/239957486373445567/. Accessed 22 Nov.
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