Harvey Milk

American politician and activist

Birthday: May 22, 1930

Birthplace: Woodmere, New York, U.S.

Death Date: November 27, 1978

Age at death: 48 years old

Sign: Gemini

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About Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk was an American civil rights activist and politician who made history by becoming the first openly gay candidate to win an election for public office in California when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Barely a year after he was sworn into office, he was assassinated by Dan White, a fellow city supervisor. In 2008, Time magazine included him in its list of the "100 most important people of the 20th century".

Family Life

He was the son of Minerva Karns and William Milk. He had an elder brother named Robert.

Trivia

In 2009, he was posthumously honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

His life and death were dramatized in the 2008 biographical film Milk, which saw actor Sean Penn portray him.

In 2014, he became the first openly gay political official to be honored with a United States Postal Service postage stamp.

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Harvey Milk photo gallery

Title

Personal belongings of Harvey Milk (1930-1978) on display during the preview of The GLBT History Museum in San Francisco's Castro District. The museum is a project of the GLBT Historical Society, an archives and research center to which the estate of Scott Smith donated Milk's belongings that were preserved after his death. Visible in the photo are Milk's battered, gold-painted kitchen table; a "Harvey Milk/Supervisor" campaign t-shirt; a pair of his Levi's jeans; his appointment book for 1977; his personal-safety whistle; his harmonica; and a pair of pink novelty sunglasses owned by Milk. Also on display is a mug owned by Scott Smith.

Author

Gerard Koskovich

Source

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GLBT_Museum_Milk.jpg

License

CC BY 3.0 us