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A low-resolution black and white photo of the exteria of Cooper Do-nuts. Door is propped open and many customers sit inside.
A Cooper Do-nuts location in (1961). (Still taken from Kent Mackenzie's 1961 film "The Exiles" via Wikimedia Commons & Amoeba.com)

Cooper's Do-nuts Uprising.

Date: 1959

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A Cooper Do-nuts location in (1961). (Still taken from Kent Mackenzie's 1961 film "The Exiles" via Wikimedia Commons & Amoeba.com)

The uprising takes place in Los Angeles, where trans people, lesbian women, drag queens, and gay men riot after police harass LGBTQ+ people at a 24-hour Cooper Do-nuts cafe.