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    American gay rights activist

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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harvey_MilkHarvey Milk - Wikipedia

    Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in New York, where he acknowledged his homosexuality as an adolescent, but chose to pursue sexual ...

  2. Harvey Milk, was a visionary civil and human rights leader who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Milk’s unprecedented loud and unapologetic proclamation of his authenticity as an openly gay candidate for public office, and his ...

  3. Apr 26, 2024 · Harvey Milk, American politician and gay-rights activist. His election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 made him one of the first openly gay elected officials in U.S. history. In 1978 Milk and San Francisco mayor George Moscone were shot and killed by Dan White, a conservative former city supervisor.

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay officials in the United States in 1977 when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Tragically, he was killed...

  5. www.history.com › topics › gay-rightsHarvey Milk - HISTORY

    Jun 7, 2017 · Harvey Milk, Class Clown . Harvey Bernard Milk was born on May 22, 1930, in Woodmere, New York.The second son of William and Minerva Milk, he came from a family with prominent ties to the ...

  6. Nov 27, 2018 · Gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk was assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978, just one year after becoming California’s first openly gay elected official. Harvey Milk in his camera store on Castro...

  7. Nov 11, 2008 · Harvey Milk was a Castro neighborhood activist elected to San Francisco's city government in 1977. He was killed less than a year into his term. GLBT Historical Society

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