Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution

Stonewall: Six Days that Transformed a Political Movement by David Carter. Dispelling long held myths and misinformation, Stonewall reveals the truth behind the times, the places, and the riots n 1969, over three successive nights, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn, a small, dank, mob-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, New York changed the long-time landscape of the homosexual in society, literally over-night. It is widely acknowledged as the first shot that ushered in a previously unimagined era of openness, political action, and massive social change. For the first time, David Carter provides an account of those riots as well as a complete background of the bar, the area, the social, political, and legal climate that led up to those events. He also dispels many of the accumulated myths, pro-vides pre-viously unknown facts, and new insight into what is the most significant rebellion against the status quo until the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. Based on hundreds of inter-views, an exhaustive search of public and previously sealed files, and intensive research into the history and the topic, Stonewall is the definitive story of one of modern history's singular events. DAVID CARTER is a freelance writer who lives in New York City's Greenwich Village.