Salinger - Revolutionary Rally

• Look up Stonewall Riots on Wikipedia
  • What is the quality of this article?
  • Can anyone edit this article?
  • What are alternate names to "Stonewall Riots?"
  • According to this article (second paragraph, 1st sentence) the Mafia owned the Stonewall Inn.  What source could I cite if I wanted to use this information in my paper?

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You are researching Xi Jinping and find this article.

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BIAS: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.