American Experience; Stonewall Uprising; Interview with Martin Boyce, 3 of 4
- Series
- American Experience
- Episode
- Stonewall Uprising
- Raw Footage
- Interview with Martin Boyce, 3 of 4
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-99n31750
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- Description
- Episode Description
- In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. Such raids were not unusual in the late 1960s, an era when homosexual sex was illegal in every state but Illinois. That night, however, the street erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations that lasted for the next six days. The Stonewall riots, as they came to be known, marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil rights movement in the United States and around the world.
- Raw Footage Description
- In this interview, Martin Boyce discusses homophobia and oppression in the 1950's and 1960's, as well as LGBTQ culture at the time. Topics include early gay cultural icons and literary figures; cruising, drag, and bar culture in Greenwich Village; and police brutality and bar raids. Boyce also discusses his personal experience at Stonewall and the impact and legacy of the uprising.
- Date
- 2011
- Rights
- Copyright 2011 WGBH Educational Foundation
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:31:46
- Credits
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Interviewee: Boyce, Martin
Interviewee: Boyce, Martin
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-787a13c9c0e (Filename)
Format: DVCPRO: 50
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:31:46
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- Citations
- Chicago: “American Experience; Stonewall Uprising; Interview with Martin Boyce, 3 of 4,” 2011, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 15, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-99n31750.
- MLA: “American Experience; Stonewall Uprising; Interview with Martin Boyce, 3 of 4.” 2011. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 15, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-99n31750>.
- APA: American Experience; Stonewall Uprising; Interview with Martin Boyce, 3 of 4. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-99n31750