Dewey’s sit-ins sparked a generation of LGBTQIA social change
Historians consider the Dewey’s restaurant sit-ins for LGBTQ rights the first of its kind.
Dewey’s Restaurant in 1965. Protesters staged a sit-in at the restaurant at 219 South 17th Street, in Philadelphia. The sit-in was in response to Dewey's implemented discriminatory policy.Read moreDrum Magazine, John J. Wilcox. Jr. Archives
