Martha Shelley and Marty Robinson organized marches after this event which took place three years after a similar incident at Compton's Cafeteria.
Martha Shelley and Marty Robinson organized marches after this event which took place three years after a similar incident at Compton's Cafeteria. Seymour Pine led one group during this event which saw the arrest of folk singer Dave van Ronk. In the aftermath of this event, described as the "hairpin drop heard round the world", rallies were held by both the Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society. It started following a police raid on the namesake bar, leading to a series of clashes with the police in (*) Greenwich Village. For 10 points, name this series of 1969 riots in New York City, a major event in the early gay rights movement.
Martha Shelley and Marty Robinson organized marches after this event which took place three years after a similar incident at Compton's Cafeteria.
{Stonewall} Riots