It also turns out that these protests happened to occur on the same day asJudy Garland’s funeral procession.
He proposes that communal grieving may have emboldened people to act once confronted by police at the Stonewall Inn.
In “Stonewall,” Martin Duberman gathered firsthand accounts of the moments leading up to the historic riots.
The actor’s adored roles on-screen and complicated life off-screen have only grown her cult following since her passing.
“It didn’t start the riot off, believe me.”
Garland’s music was not for dancing and appealed to an older audience (viaPride Source).
“We were not empowered by a dead singer.
Let’s put that coffin into the ground already.”
