Prologue: 1960s
1967 Lou Crompton places an advertisement in The Lincoln Star (the local morning paper, which is now the once a day local newspaper, The Lincoln Journal Star) to promote the Mattachine Society. Lou knew about the gay rights movement but nothing seemed to be happening in the Midwest so he included his telephone number so he could start a local Mattachine chapter. Lou did receive a call from a graduate student and the police, who asked him to come down to the station to talk. Lou called the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), who advised him to decline as there was no basis for the request. Lou was also a board member of the ACLU at the time.