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Compton's Cafeteria: The Riot Before Stonewall

Compton's Cafeteria: The Riot Before Stonewall

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Susan Stryker is a historian who unearthed the story of Compton's Cafeteria, the first known full-scale queer riot against police harassment in American history. She describes the events of the riot and how her discovery impacted her own life.

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