First off, in the TV show American Experience: Stonewall we get trans washed out of the uprising but what I want to talk about is why the Cooper’s Do-Nuts, Black Cat Tavern, Dewey's, Compton’s Cafeteria were back in the shadows of history while Stonewall took off.
I had American Experience: Stonewall on in the background while I was doing the dishes when something caught my attention. The Village Voice was just down the street, a reported ran back to the office and shouted the Stonewall Inn is being raided and they are fighting back! Three reporters ran down to the Stonewall and ended up in the bar with the police when they were barracked in because of the mob outside.
My theory is those three reporters made the difference. With a free and present press, truth spreads, movements grow, and history gets written.
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