This panel discussion traced pivotal LGBT moments of the last 40 years, including raids during January and May 1968 at The Trip, a gay-owned restaurant in Chicago, and a series of spontaneous riots on June 29, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village.

Historian and writer Marie J. Kuda, lawyer William B. Kelley, activist and former business owner Vernita Gray, and researcher and journalist Sukie de la Croix shared their first-hand experiences.

Recorded Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at Harold Washington Library Center