Factors Contributing to Success Equating the success of the Stonewall Riot to a specific person or event would be an untenable statement. It was the interaction of various factors that transformed that night of improvised violence into the beginning of a historic movement for gay liberation. The previously instilled sense of community, working in tandem with the perseverance of the movement's momentum, was brought together harmoniously by a group of people who shared a common sense of oppression and injustice. All of these factors, along with specific situational supports, provided a path to success and subsequent national commemoration. First, I find it necessary to briefly highlight the minor supporting factors and the role they played in commemorating the riots. To delve deeper into the centrality of the place, Carter writes: The corner; the club was centrally located between several major transportation systems and hubs, making it easy for those who wanted to get involved to get there quickly; the layout of the streets around the club was in the shape of a hub, which gave the rioters the advantage of controlling the streets around the Stonewall... there were many public telephones within walking distance of the club which those supporting the riots could use to warn the press and friends; the club was the largest gay club in the city... and the club offered the largest dancing venue for gay men and lesbians... giving the club a special meaning as a place for full and free self-expression. Under the umbrella of the broader ideological movement and collective action factors upon which the uprising was rooted, all these extraneous superficial factors played an important supporting role in facilitating the continuation and popularity of the uprisings, as th.... .. half of the document ......005): 33-52.Carter, David. Stonewall: the riots that sparked the gay revolution. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. Flisko, G. M. “The Stonewall Legacy.” ABA Journal 99, no. 2 (2013): 57-59.Gaventa, John. Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1982.Leitsch, Dick. "The Stonewall Riots: The Gay Point of View." New York Mattachine Newsletter, August (1969): 13-14. Scheib, Ronnie. “The Stone Wall Riot.” Varieties 419, n. 6 (2010): 20.Stanley, Bob. “Gay Pride Week, 1970: That Was the Week That Was.” MattachineMidwest Newsletter, July (1970): 1. Stonewall Riots. DVD. Directed by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. 2010; USA:PBS American Experience), 2010.Sydney G. Tarrow. Power in motion: social movements and contentious politics.3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.