Forty Years Later: Stonewall Riot Veteran Looks Out For ‘Ugliness’
Kirk Klocke | Dec 10, 2009 | Comments 1
Police who raided a gay bar at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village forty years ago faced angry patrons who had decided enough was enough. Public displays of homosexuality were still illegal on June 28, 1969. But that day marked the beginning of a new civil rights chapter in the U.S. Legend has it that a half-black lesbian jazz singer named Stormé Delarverié threw the first punch in what became a global push for gay rights.
Listen: Stormé tells her story
Stormé Delarverié Kirk Klocke/NYCinFocus
WELL done, Kirk. Love the way you edited this. Your voice is smooth, the story colorful and touching. Her singing is a nice touch.
p.s. – “Ugly” is a Southern term for not acting right! “Now kids, don’t be ugly.”