“Donut Riot,” “Black Cat Raid,” and “First LGBT Pride Parade,” detail from the 1960s section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural - Giclée Print

A limited edition museum archival giclée print by Judith F. Baca, reproducing three sections from the 1960s segment of the Great Wall of Los Angeles expansion.

“Donut Riot,” “Black Cat Raid,” and “First LGBT Pride Parade,” detail from the 1960s  section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural, 2025
Giclée print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 
10 x 36 inches (print); 12 x 38 inches (paper) 
Edition of 30 + 1 AP

Signed and numbered by the artist, Judith F. Baca.
Unframed

Donut Riot

The scene unfolds in front of Cooper's Donuts, a popular queer hangout located between Harold's and the Waldorf, two gay bars. Fed up with constant police harassment and triggered by the attempted arrest of five queer people, a group of trans women, lesbians, drag queens, and gay men fought back, throwing donuts and coffee cups at the arresting officers. This May 1959 uprising—a decade before the Stonewall Uprising—is remembered as the Donut Riot.

Black Cat Raid

Eight undercover LAPD officers raided a New Year's celebration just after midnight at the Black Cat Tavern in Silverlake, a popular gay bar. Officers beat patrons and dragged them into the street. Many men were arrested and convicted of lewd conduct, forcing them to register as sex offenders. Following the 1967 Black Cat Raid, an estimated 600 people gathered to peacefully protest police brutality, illegal searching, and illegal entrapment.

First LGBT Pride Parade

Planned for June 28, 1970—the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising—the first LGBTQ Pride marches occurred in cities across the country. In Los Angeles, organizers transformed the event into a joyous parade. When the city and police commission attempted to block it, organizers Rev. Bob Humphries (founder of United States Mission), Morris Kight (founder of Gay Liberation Front), and Rev. Troy Perry (founder of Metropolitan Community Church) won the right to march in Los Angeles Superior Court. An estimated 2,000 people showed up as themselves, full of pride. By the following year, the parade had doubled in size.

Proceeds support the Great Wall of Los Angeles expansion and SPARC.