The Black Cat

Alternate Names
The Black Cat Tavern
First Documented
1966
Last Documented
1969

The Black Cat
3909 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Abstract
The Black Cat Tavern is the recognized site of the first documented LGBTQ civil rights demonstration. In February of 1967, over 200 LGBT patrons of the tavern marched peacefully in a counter-protest against police brutality following a raid in the tavern on New Year's Eve of 1966, where police entered the bar disguised in plainclothes and beat several patrons for exchanging same-sex kisses at the stroke of midnight.
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34.0922208, -118.2796587
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POINT (-118.279659 34.092221)