American Experience

VIRGINIA APUZZO

It's very American to say, "This is not right." It's very American to say, "You promised equality, you promised freedom." And, in a sense, the Stonewall riots said, "Get off our backs. Deliver on the promise." So, in every Gay Pride parade every year, Stonewall lives.

MARTIN BOYCE

It was another great step forward in the story of human rights, that's what it was. And it was those loudest people, the most vulnerable, the most likely to be arrested, were the ones that were doing the real fighting. They were the storm troopers.

SEYMOUR PINE

And they were... they were kids. You knew you could ruin them for life. And you felt bad that you were part of this, when you knew they broke the law, but... what kind of law was that?