Milk, Harvey (1930-1978)
The first openly gay man to be elected into a position as a city supervisor, Milk (affectionately remembered as "the mayor of Castro Street") was assassinated ju...
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Harvey Milk (1930-1978), a San Francisco city politician, helped open the door for gays and lesbians in the United States by bringing civil rights for homosexuals, among many other issues, to the poli...
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Assassinated in 1978 by a fellow politician, Harvey Milk died in San Francisco, after achieving prominence as the first openly gay politician in the United States. Milk was two years into serving his ...
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