Black Nite Brawl

The Black Nite Brawl was an event on August 5th, 1961 which occurred at the Black Nite bar in Wisconsin in which a fight between visitors instigating trouble and regulars of the bar broke out.

External Resources

LGBTQ History Projects

• Wisconsin LGBT History Project, "Black Nite Brawl Incident"

Online Articles

• The Advocate, "Black Nite Brawl: 60 Year Anniversary of Pre-Stonewall Bar Uprising"
• Milwaukee Mag, "The Black Nite Brawl: Milwaukee’s Place in LGBTQ History"