Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1930 - 1978

Occupation

Politics

Notable Achievements

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Description

First openly gay man in the US to be elected to public office, San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Assassinated. Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, 2009. The award-winning movies 'Milk' (2009) and 'The Life and Times of Harvey Milk' (1984), are a biography of his time in politics. The 'Harvey Milk Foundation' was established in his memory.

See Also

• LGBTQ Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Further Reading/Research

• http://faculty.uml.edu/sgallagher/milk.htm
• http://milkfoundation.org/

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