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A 2019 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum was titled for this woman’s slogan “nobody promised you tomorrow.” A 2017 David France documentary examines Victoria Cruz’s push to reopen the investigation into this woman’s 1992 murder, which was initially ruled a suicide by drowning in spite of testimony from her friend Randy Wicker. This woman modeled for Andy Warhol while part of the Hot Peaches. During a confrontation, this woman shouted “I got my civil rights!” after throwing (15[1])a (15[1])(*) shot glass at a mirror. This so-called “Mayor of Christopher Street” (10[1])co-founded STAR with Sylvia Rivera and named herself after a restaurant on 42nd street. A 1969 event in Greenwich Village supposedly began when this woman threw a brick at a police officer. For 10 points, name this drag queen who served as the face of the Stonewall riot. ■END■

ANSWER: Marsha P. Johnson [accept The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson]
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