Dancers performing a cakewalk, 1903
The African American cakewalk was a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named for the prize awarded in such dance contests.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The definition of marriage as a legal and social concept has a long and complex history.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Pride Month commemorates the Stonewall riots, which began on June 28, 1969, after police raided the Stonewall Inn bar in New York City.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Maynard Mack of Yale University using a model of the Globe Theatre to discuss performance in William Shakespeare's day.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.The riots outside New York's Stonewall Inn sparked a new era of LGBTQ activism.
