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Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
viii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Harvey Milk--eloquent, charismatic, and a smart-aleck--was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, but he had not even served a full year in office when he was shot by a homophobic fellow supervisor. Milk's assassination at the age of forty-eight made him the most famous gay man in modern history; twenty years later Time magazine included him on its list of the hundred most influential individuals of the twentieth century. Before...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Although he started out as a teacher without aspirations to be an activist or politician, Harvey Milk found himself captivated by the history-making movements of the 1960s. He would eventually make history of his own by becoming the first openly gay elected politician in California. While in office, Harvey Milk advocated for equal rights for the gay community. Even though his life and career were cut short, Harvey is still seen by many as one of...
6) Harvey Milk
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the amazing accomplishments of LGBTQ activist and trailblazer Harvey Milk in this inspiring board book. In this beautifully illustrated board book series, parents can celebrate the accomplishments of LGBTQ heroes and introduce their little ones to the trailblazers who have shaped our world. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in California. As a pro-LGBTQ politician, he advocated against the discrimination of LGBTQ people...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After his wife dies in a car accident, bisexual writer and activist Steve Abbott moves with his two-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There they discover a city in the midst of revolution, bustling with gay men in search of liberation--few of whom are raising a child. Steve throws himself into San Francisco's vibrant cultural scene. He takes Alysia to raucous parties, pushes her in front of the microphone at poetry readings, and introduces her...
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full Screen. 20th anniversary collector's ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the life, career, and assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to public office in San Francisco. Milk was shot to death, along with mayor George Moscone, by city supervisor Dan White on Nov. 22, 1978; White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and was paroled in 1985. Examines Milk's life leading up to his assassination, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's...
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