"In June of 1969, a series of riots over police action at The Stonewall Inn, a small, dank, mob-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, New York changed the longtime landscape of homosexuals in society, literally overnight."--Book jacket.

pt. 1. Setting the stage -- Greenwich Village, USA -- Oppression, resistance, and everyday life -- On the street -- The Stonewall Inn -- The skull -- Dawn is just breaking -- pt. 2. The Stonewall riots -- A Friday night out -- "We're taking the place!" -- Lancing the festering wound of anger -- "Christopher Street belongs to the queens!" -- "They've lost that wounded look" -- pt. 3. Gay liberation -- Seizing the moment -- "We're the gay liberation front!" -- The heroic age.