FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride
American History Tellers

FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202647 min
  • Documentary
  • History

After a late-night police raid on the Stonewall Inn in June 1969, the LGBTQ community fought back in the streets of Greenwich Village. Suddenly, the LGBTQ rights movement found itself catapulted onto the national stage. But questions of how radical an approach to take would pit young activists against the pioneers of the 1950s and 1960s. Even with the formation of new organizations like the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance, questions emerged. Would it be better to take part in the political process? Or to stage confrontational “zaps?” These new groups would soon be eng...

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Audible subscribers can binge new seasons of American History Tellers early and ad-free right now. Join Audible in the Audible app, or by subscribing on Apple Podcasts. We're hard at work on our 100th season of American History Tellers coming up, but in the meantime, we're revisiting a fan favorite — our season about the Stonewall

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Uprising. And for listeners who would like to learn more about queer history, We recommend the new Audible original, The Pansy Craz. In this six-part, live-recorded podcast variety show, co-creator and host Mason Alexander-Parr transports audiences through time to tell raucous stories of queer history that none of us learned in school.

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You can listen to The Pansy Craz right now, only on Audible. A listener note, this episode contains references to sexual violence and may not be suitable for all listeners. Imagine this June 28, 1969, a Saturday morning in Greenwich Village.

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