History Daily: The Lonesome Cowboys Raid

American History Tellers

EpisodeAug 5, 202418m

History Daily: The Lonesome Cowboys Raid

American History Tellers

EpisodeAug 5, 202418m

August 5, 1969. Police in Atlanta, Georgia raid a screening of Andy Warhol’s underground film Lonesome Cowboys, triggering a wave of protests that sparks the gay rights movement in the Deep South. This episode originally aired in 2022.You can listen ad-free in the Wondery or Amazon Music app. Or for all that and more, go to www.IntoHistory.com.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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