NYC Tour Guide Practice Test

The Stonewall Riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the LGBTQ+ community in response to a police raid that took place at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City in 1969. These riots are considered a pivotal moment in the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the United States. The other options mentioned - labor strikes in Lower Manhattan, student protests at Columbia University, and anti-war marches in Midtown Manhattan - do not accurately represent the historical event that was the Stonewall Riots.