Stonewall
by Martin Duberman
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Pub Date May 28 2013 | Archive Date Jun 25 2013
Description
A powerful firsthand account of the Stonewall riots and the birth of the modern gay rights movement
“We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall.” —President Obama, 2013 Inaugural Address
In the summer of 1969, the Stonewall Inn, one of the few places where gay men could gather, was a mafia-run unlicensed bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. An unforeseen raid on the night of June 28 by federal agents ignited the now-famous five days of Stonewall riots that kindled the nation’s gay rights movement. Expertly weaving personal, eyewitness accounts of the riots, Martin Duberman’s Stonewall is an engrossing look at how six individuals, from distinctly different backgrounds, helped bring political and social awakening to the gay liberation movement.
“We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall.” —President Obama, 2013 Inaugural Address
In the summer of 1969, the Stonewall Inn, one of the few places where gay men could gather, was a mafia-run unlicensed bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. An unforeseen raid on the night of June 28 by federal agents ignited the now-famous five days of Stonewall riots that kindled the nation’s gay rights movement. Expertly weaving personal, eyewitness accounts of the riots, Martin Duberman’s Stonewall is an engrossing look at how six individuals, from distinctly different backgrounds, helped bring political and social awakening to the gay liberation movement.
Advance Praise
“Both a fascinating account of the birth of gay liberation and a replay of the turbulent, society-changing 60s.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“A vivid and stirring recreation of the Stonewall riot, probing beneath its symbolism to discover the social forces it unleashed. Significantly, Duberman doesn’t place Stonewall at the beginning of his study; instead, he reserves it for his penultimate chapter, astutely portraying it as a culmination of two decades of social change during which the fledgling gay movement gradually came into focus.” —Los Angeles Times
“Duberman re-examines this event through the vibrant, intertwined portraits of six people—two lesbians, three gay men, one transvestite—whose lives converged at the Stonewall Rebellion and in the militant movement it spawned.” —Publishers Weekly
“Often a powerful and compelling narrative that shows how an oppressed minority arrived at a historic moment and changed forever the way they would view themselves and how others would view them.” —Library Journal
“A vivid and stirring recreation of the Stonewall riot, probing beneath its symbolism to discover the social forces it unleashed. Significantly, Duberman doesn’t place Stonewall at the beginning of his study; instead, he reserves it for his penultimate chapter, astutely portraying it as a culmination of two decades of social change during which the fledgling gay movement gradually came into focus.” —Los Angeles Times
“Duberman re-examines this event through the vibrant, intertwined portraits of six people—two lesbians, three gay men, one transvestite—whose lives converged at the Stonewall Rebellion and in the militant movement it spawned.” —Publishers Weekly
“Often a powerful and compelling narrative that shows how an oppressed minority arrived at a historic moment and changed forever the way they would view themselves and how others would view them.” —Library Journal
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781480423848 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
