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How the Mafia Muscled in and Controlled the Stonewall Inn

BULLY OF THE TOWN

Greenwich Village was the Genovese family’s backyard, so of course the mob had a hand in every extra-legal enterprise, starting with bars that catered to gay patrons.

Ronald K. Fried
Ronald K. Fried
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Ronald K. Fried

Ronald K. Fried

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