
06-27-2009, 03:10 PM
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Stonewall rebel reflects 40 years after NYC riots
From Yahoo News:
Stonewall rebel reflects 40 years after NYC riots
"They literally carried me into the ... wagon and threw me in there," recalled Castro, now 67. "It must've been the motivation of the crowd that inspired me to resist. Or maybe at that point enough was enough."
"There are many witnesses to the Stonewall riots who say a woman, a lesbian presumably, played an important role in intensifying the resistance when they tried to arrest her and put her in the wagon," said Jonathan Ned Katz, the Web site's director, who recently obtained the documents. "It's a very important name to be discovered."
See rest of article here ---> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/...ll_anniversary
Rick
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