Movements and memory: The making of the Stonewall myth

An examination by Elizabeth A. Armstrong and Suzanna M. Crage on why the Stonewall riots became central to gay collective memory while other events in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York did not.

American Sociological Review, Vol. 71, No. 5 (Oct., 2006), pp. 724-751
American Sociological Association

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