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June 28, 1969

Marsha P. Johnson and Stonewall

On June 28, 1969, Marsha P. Johnson was among those who resisted a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. The uprising is widely considered the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Johnson co-founded STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) with Sylvia Rivera.

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People: Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera
Sources
1. Marsha P. Johnson - Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture2. The Stonewall Uprising - Library of Congress

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