Black Cat Tavern

Black Cat Tavern
Location3909 W Sunset Blvd
Coordinates34°05′32″N 118°16′47″W / 34.0921°N 118.2798°W / 34.0921; -118.2798
Built1939
Architectural style(s)Art Deco
Governing bodyprivate
Designated2008[1][2]
Reference no.939
Black Cat Tavern is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Black Cat Tavern
Location of Black Cat Tavern in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

The Black Cat Tavern is an LGBT historic site located in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In 1967, it was the site of one of the first demonstrations in the United States protesting police brutality against LGBT people, preceding the Stonewall riots by over two years.[3]

  1. ^ Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  2. ^ Office of Historic Resources, Newsletter, January 2009 Archived 2010-04-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference autogenerated2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).