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Google Announces $1 Million Grant To Preserve Stories Of Stonewall Uprising

Google on Sunday announced a large grant to help record and make sure a major part of gay history – and New York City history – is not forgotten.

As WCBS 880’s Mike Sugerman reported, the grant will ensure that the story of the people who were at the Stonewall uprising 48 years ago [is told].

Thomas Lanigan Schmidt was at the uprising. When asked what it was like, he said, “It’s hard to break it down into a sound bite.”

But he is very glad his story will be memorialized in the new project.

Read entire article at CBS New York