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Why is Stonewall considered the spark of the gay rights movement when the Compton's Cafeteria riot happened 3 years earlier? Was Stonewall actually more influential or just better remembered? Either way, why?

by /u/Tal_Vez_Autismo in /r/AskHistorians

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