The Stonewall Reader

New York Public Library (Corporate Author)/ White, Edmund (Foreward By)

ISBN 10: 0143133519 / ISBN 13: 9780143133513

Published by Penguin Classics, 2019

About this Item

288 pages. 7.75x5.06x0.71 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Stonewall Reader
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143133519
• ISBN 13: 9780143133513
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it

June 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising - the most significant event in the gay liberation movement and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing from
the New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of firsthand accounts, diaries, periodic literature and articles from LGBTQ magazines and newspapers that documented both the years leading up to and the years following the riots. Most importantly, this anthology shines a light on forgotten figures who were pivotal in the movement, such as Lee Brewster, head of the Queens Liberation Front and Ernestine Eckstine, one of the few out, African American, lesbian activists in the 1960s.

About the Author

Jason Baumann (External Editor)
Jason Baumann is coordinator of humanities and LGBT Collections at the New York Public Library, where he develops and promotes literature, philosophy, and religion collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.
Baumann coordinates the Library's LGBT Initiative, for which he has curated two exhibitions--1969: The Year of Gay Liberation and Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism. Baumann will curate a major Stonewall exhibit at NYPL for 2019.