Only a year after the Stonewall Riots, in which patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, fought back against a police raid, the march was organized by the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee to commemorate the riots. This spectacle marked the world’s very first Gay Pride March. Marchers reportedly took up 15 city blocks. We don’t overpopulate,” and later hosting a sit-in in Sheep Meadow. Holding colorful signs, thousands of people gathered in Sheridan Square before walking along the Avenue of the Americas. On June 29, 1970, the headline of The New York Times’ front page read: “Thousands of Homosexuals Hold a Protest Rally in Central Park.”