American Experience

The First Gay Pride March

Clip: Season 23 Episode 9 | 2m  | Video has closed captioning.

Organizers of the first gay pride march had low expectations. Here, they remember the march, held in New York City, one year after the Stonewall riots, in June 1969.

Aired: 04/25/11

Rating: NR

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