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>> reporter: eventually, the call spread throughout the country and around the world. >> the civil rights movement, the womens movement, all galvanized together. but it was truly the trance vest its that were the forefront runners of the riot. >> reporter: many returned to where it all started. its been 50 years since she set foot at the stonewall. >> i thought i would never be here again. i suffered a lot of abuse here in this place. >> reporter: santiago is back with her fellow elders for the ...

Interest non-conformingty to sexuality at birth you were arrested and tried to be humiliated and thats what was happening that night. >> reporter: but the night of june 28th, 1969, the patrons revolted. they fought back. refusing to comply with officers. >> someone threw a bottle from sheridan park into christopher street. >> reporter: that was the start of the night that would galvanize the modern day lgbtq civil rights movement. >> 75 people moved forward and blocked the police. obviously, the...

The modern day lgbtq civil rights movement. >> 75 people moved forward and blocked the police. obviously they got a big surprise that night and i was very surprised immediately what happened was that they started to call for groups of homosexuals to come together. >> reporter: eventually the call spread throughout the country and around the world. >> the civil rights movement, the womans movement all galvanized together, but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront r...

Together. >> eventually the call spread throughout the country and around the world. >> the civil rights movement, the womens movement all galvanized together but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. >> reporter: five decades later, many of the voices that refused to be silenced returned. for this woman, its been 50 years as soon as she set foot at the stonewall. >> i thought i would never be here again. a lot of abuse here in this ...

Gay civil rights movement. >> that is when people moved forward to block police. they got a busineig surprise th night. i was surprised. immediately what happened is they started to call for groups of homosexuals to come together. >> reporter: eventually the call spread around the country and world. >> the civil rights movement and womens movement galvanized together. it was the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the sto stonewall riot. >> reporter: five decades late...

Sheridan square park into christopher street. >> reporter: that was the start of a night that would galvanize the modern day lgbtq civil rights movement. >> 75 people moved forward and blocked the police. obviously they got a big surprise that night. and i was very surprised immediate immediately they called for groups of homosexuals to come together. the civil rights movement, the womens movement, all galvanized together. it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront run...

>> the civil rights movement, the womens movement all galvanized together. but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. >> reporter: five decades later. many of the voices that refused to be silenced returned to where it all started. for for this woman, its been 50 years since she set foot at the stonewall. >> i thought i would never be here before. there was a lot of thought. a lot of abuse of this place. >> reporter: and santiago is b...

>> the civil rights movement, the womans movement all galvanized together. but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. if you were afeminine or nonconforming your sexuality at birth, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated. and thats what was happening that night. >> reporter: of course we all now know very clearly that that uprising would be just the beginning. what followed it was a week of protests here in new york that would e...

Me exactly what it took for the men and women inside this bar to speak up against authorities. >> the civil rights movement, the womans movement all galvanized together. but it was truly the tran vestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. if you were a feminine or you were dressed unconforming your sexuality at birth, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated and thats what was happening that night. >> reporter: that flash point at that particular moment wo...

Galvanized together but it was truly the transvestites and minorities that were the forefront runners of the stonewall riot. if you were a feminine or dressed nonconforming to your sexuality at birth, you were arrested and tried to be humiliated. >> now the world remembers stonewall, not just for what happened this day, but because of what it started, this national pride movement. and dale mitchell was there, he witnessed the riots. thank you so much for being here on this incredibly special wee...