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Button, 10th Anniversary of Stonewall Riots, 1979
1979
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s inspired other groups of people to demand their equal rights. Members of the gay rights movement began actively voicing their opposition to discrimination in 1969 after the New York police department raided the Stonewall Inn -- a local gay bar. Riots ensued and a movement was born.
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- Title: Button, 10th Anniversary of Stonewall Riots, 1979
- Date Created: 1979
- Location: United States
- Subject Keywords: Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee, Buttons (Information artifacts), Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969, Gay liberation movement, Civil rights movements
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=326218
- Object Name: Button (Information artifact)
- Object ID: 2002.91.8
- Image ID: THF8302
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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