The Black Cat, Los Angeles
Introduction
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Images
Inside the Black Cat
Images of the historic protest
Patrons can view photos and newspaper clippings related to the building's history as the site of an early gay rights protest.
Backstory and Context
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The tavern now operates as “The Black Cat” and celebrates its history with photos and newspaper clippings of the 1967 protests. Prior to being a restaurant and bar, the tavern was a Safeway market. In the 1960’s, the building served as a bar that also housed a laundromat. In the years after the protests of the 1960s, the bar closed and reopened many times under various owners and names. The restaurant and bar has been called the Bushwhacker, Basgo’s Disco, and Le Barcito. Following the growing awareness of the history of the bar, the establishment changed its name to the Black Cat in 2012.
Sources
Staff. "L.A.'s Black Cat, Where the Fight for Gay Rights Got Its Start." WEHOville. N.p., 04 June 2014. Web. 27 July 2017. <http://www.wehoville.com/2014/06/05/l-s-Black-cat-fight-gay-rights-got-start/>.
Los Angeles Conservancy. "Los Angeles Conservancy." The Black Cat | Los Angeles Conservancy. Los Angeles Conservancy, 2015. Web. 26 July 2017. <https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/Black-cat>.