When white police officers shut down an illegal bar on a liquor raid and arrested a large group of patrons, furious residents rioted.
The old Stonewall, an illegal bar, was a dive, even its former devotees say.
They were charged with operating an illegal bar and, although released on bail, had to surrender their passports.
Day 10: Hajher visits an illegal local bar to interview heroin sellers, users and addicts.
In the United States, illegal bars during Prohibition were called speakeasies or blind pigs.
Be aware that illegal bars exist in Bolivia.
As a result to the new law, speakeasies, which were illegal bars, popped up very quickly all around the country.
Buyers, he said, range from middle-class professional women to the owners of formerly illegal bars and shops in black townships.
The "speakeasy" (or "blind pig") was an illegal bar operated during prohibition (1920-33, and even longer in some states).
They ran illegal bars, known as shabeens.