Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190629:12:50:00
Interest non-conformingty to sexuality at birth you were arrested and tried to be humiliated and that's 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, they got a big surprise that night. and i was very surprised mely what happened was that they started ...
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