Event

Black Nite Brawl Incidentand Josie Carter

Name: Black Nite Brawl Incidentand Josie Carter
Address: Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee

Summary

The site of that event, which occurred 8 years before the Stonewall Riots in New York City, has now been fully researched and documented by this Project, and has been designated a Landmark by the Milwaukee County Historical Society, as explained in an article in JSOnline. That adventure is detailed by LGBT historian Michail Takach in his article in OnMilwaukee. Highlights from that article:

Images

Cases continued to Friday / (Milwaukee Sentinel, August 8, 1961) / Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project

Charges against two suspects dropped / (Milwaukee Sentinel, August 12, 1961) / Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project

Facts

City: Milwaukee

Sources

Research adapted from the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project. Archive page links below point to archive.wislgbthistory.com; for current news and community events, visit wislgbthistory.com.

Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project — Black Nite Brawl Incidentand Josie Carter (retrieved 2026-06-01)

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