Suzanne Poli: a brief history

Introduction

Suzanne Poli, A Brooklyn native, moved to an apartment building on Christopher Street on January 19,1967 with her husband and young daughter.

On a night in 1969 she experienced a turbulent night that would become known as The Stonewall Riots. "I heard a noise and a ruckus and all this fighting. I was very much a freedom fighter. When I realized this was because of an injustice going on, I felt my own ideas of equality and justice were being tampered with."

A year later the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March made its debut, and Poli shot the event from her apartment window