Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190608:21:51:00
Known back then to riot -- i mean, excuse me -- to raid lgbt bars. on that evening in stonewall they did a raid and the black transgender women in the bar had had enough. they fought back against the police that night. in particular, marsha p. johnson, sylviall as miss major and several other transgender black women fought back against the police who were trying to arrest them that evening. it then led to six straight days of rioting against the police and against the queer antagonism that had been going on throughout new york during the '60s. that following year is what led to the commemorati...
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