One Act of Kindness Monday
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NYC pride parade is one of largest in movement's history By SABRINA CASERTA REBECCA GIBIAN NEW YORK (AP) — Exuberant crowds carrying rainbow colors filled New York City streets Sunday for one of the largest pride parades in the history of the gay-rights movement, a dazzling celebration of the 50th anniversary of the infamous police raid on the Stonewall Inn. Marchers and onlookers took over much of midtown Manhattan with a procession that lasted hours and paid tribute to the uprising that began at the tavern when patrons resisted officers on June 28, 1969. The parade in New York and others like it across the nation concluded a month of events marking the anniversary. Eraina Clay, 63, of suburban New Rochelle, came to celebrate a half-century of fighting for equality. Continued on Page 3
Marchers participate in the Queer Liberation March in New York, Sunday, June 30, 2019.
Associated Press