For the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots -- a turning point in the gay rights movement -- NBC's Joe Fryer speaks with people who experienced the chaos firsthand. Click here to watch NBC Nightly News' full “Stonewall: 50 years of pride” documentary: https://nbcnews.to/2LmXoLQ | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

On this day in 1969, only blocks from NYU’s Washington Square campus, the Stonewall riots began, marking a turning point in the modern LGBTQ movement.⠀ ⠀ NYU faculty, students, administrators, and alumni have engaged with this movement, contributing to groundbreaking change, but at times experiencing heartbreaking loss. Watch as they reflect on a half-century of remarkable social, political, cultural, medical, and legal transformations in our "Stonewall at 50" documentary. | NYU Alumni