File:Stonewall riots.jpg

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Description	Police force people back outside the Stonewall Inn as tensions escalate the morning of June 28, 1969.
Source	Amnesty International site Photographer: Joseph Ambrosini of the New York Daily News
Article	Stonewall riots
Portion used	Entire image
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	It illustrates the beginning of the riots, showing the type of people who participated: primarily young men with more liberal clothing and hair, contrasting with the conservative appearance of the police. The value differences between riot participants and the police is reflected in this image, and directly led to the cause of the riots. It is the only published image of the riots during the first evening when they spontaneously began.
Replaceable?	None: no other images showing the first nights of the riots have been published
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:40, 1 December 2017		353 × 282 (21 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	10:34, 8 August 2011	No thumbnail	447 × 358 (37 KB)	DASHBot (talk \| contribs)	Bot: Rescaling Fair Use Image (shutoff)

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Stonewall riots