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Harvey Milk Gay rights activist Harvey Milk in front of his camera shop in San Francisco, 1977.

Harvey Milk

American politician and activist
Also known as: Harvey Bernard Milk
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Harvey Milk (born May 22, 1930, Woodmere, Long Island, New York, U.S.—died November 27, 1978, San Francisco, California) was an American politician and gay-rights activist. In 1977 he became one of the first openly gay elected officials in U.S. history when he won a seat on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. The following year Milk was assassinated, and he subsequently became a gay rights icon. After graduating from the New York State College for Teachers...

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