But the tide had permanently shifted as became clear when Gay Liberation grew rapidly in the coming years. People had settled back into their everyday lives. The streets had been cleaned and the Stonewall Inn reopened. By early August, police officers and protestors had stopped physically fighting. The subsequent five days of protests jumpstarted the gay rights movement. Its impact here was little more than one month after a police raid at New York City gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, and the resistance that followed. In the summer of 1969, a spirit of rebellion reverberated from New York City and touched down in Atlanta. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia State University Library Exhibits) Promotional photo from Andy Warhol’s comedy, Lonesome Cowboys.
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