June 28, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising — widely regarded as the most significant event in the gay liberation movement and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. To mark the occasion, The Stonewall Reader brings together a remarkable collection of firsthand accounts, diaries, periodical literature, and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers, drawing on the New York Public Library’s archives to chronicle both the years leading up to and following the riots. The anthology shines a much-needed light on figures who were pivotal yet long overlooked — among them Lee Brewster, head of the Queens Liberation Front, and Ernestine Eckstine, one of the few openly African American lesbian activists of the 1960s. A vital document of the tumultuous struggle for LGBTQ rights and the people who drove it forward.
ISBN 13: 9780143133513
Author: Jason Baumann
