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    Harvey Milk

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    Harvey Milk’s dream was a better tomorrow filled with the hope for equality and a world without hate. Harvey Milk’s ground breaking election in 1977 as one of the world’s first openly gay elected officials-and its most visible one- symbolized the freedom to live life with authenticity to millions of LGBT women and men around the world. Harvey served less than a year in public office before his brutal assassination but his life profoundly changed a city‚ state‚ nation and a global community. His

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    Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22‚ 1930 – November 27‚ 1978) was an American politician who became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California and the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Politics and gay activism were not his early interests; he was not open about his homosexuality and did not participate in civic matters until around the age of 40‚ after his experiences in the counterculture of the 1960s. Milk moved from New York City

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    Harvey Milk “No matter how hard you try‚ you cannot chip those words off the base of the statue of Liberty and no matter how hard you try‚ you cannot sing the Star-Spangled Banner without those words. That’s what America is. Love it or leave it” proclaimed Harvey Milk. America is about freedom and equal rights‚ but back in the 1970’s there was no such concept as freedom and equal rights for the LGBTQ community. Various people‚ churches‚ communities‚ organizations‚ businesses‚ and more did not want

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    Celia Fitch Research paper The Assassination of Harvey Milk Harvey Milk was the very first openly gay man to be elected to office in the U.S’‚ he was elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in1977. Less than a year after taking office‚ Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were murdered. The man who murdered Milk and Mayor Moscone was a political opponent and former member of the Board‚ Dan White. White climbed through a window at City Hall to avoid the metal detectors downstairs

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    politician‚ Harvey Milk‚ was assassinated because of a political decision that some thought was a poor one. Milk became a household name in San Francisco‚ but mostly the neighborhood of Castro. He was shot in his office by Dan White because of a “bogus” decision in 1978 (“Official Harvey Milk Bibliography” 3). The assassination of Harvey Milk was unjust because he helped his community a lot‚ while doing nothing wrong in office‚ though some people believed he made a bad political decision. Harvey Milk should

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    Film & Ideology - Milk

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    biopic Milk (Gus Van Sant‚ 2008) depicts the story of Harvey Milk‚ the slain gay-rights activist who became the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in the history of the planet. Harvey Milk’s life changed history – his courage still motivates people today‚ his ideals still teach people today and his hope still inspire people today. The release of Milk in 2008 has helped to bring back a new sense of appreciation for the hope and passion that Harvey Milk died for. Milk beautifully

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    Harvey Milk

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    Milk We deserve the same rights as they do. “My name is Harvey Milk‚ and I’m here to recruit you‚” were the famous words of Harvey Milk‚ the first openly gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was elected after 3 times of losing the election because there weren’t enough people who support gay rights in San Francisco at the time. Although times have changes and many people are more open minded and are more supportive of LGBT communities‚ the LGBT communities still do not

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    Courtney Thomas Professor Richard Primuth MW 2:00-3:20 Movie Review Essay September 5‚ 2012 Milk’s Story Told Right The 2008 film Milk is based on a true story about a political leader who desired to see a change in America‚ specifically the freedom of choice and speech towards homosexuals. The motion picture takes place after Harvey Milk’s 40th birthday and captures the rest of his life as he strives to convince America to let the gay community out of the closet. The movie portrays the

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    Harvey Norman

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    Gloria Jeans or a local cafe •Fashion – Quicksilver or Roxy or Lonsdale •Transport – Linfox or a local courier company •Or a business of your own. ie location‚ size‚ staff‚ products‚ hours and years of operation Harvey Norman Originally founded in 1982 by Gerry and Ian Harvey. over the past 32 years the size of their business has dramatically increased. with around 230+ stores Australia wide‚ including all capital cites‚ the surrounding suburbs and even in some remote/ rural communities. over

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    Milk

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    Everyone has heard the saying “drinking milk helps build strong bones”‚ but is this really true? According to Walter C. Willett‚ chairman of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health‚ “There’s no solid evidence that merely increasing the amount of milk in your diet will protect you from breaking a hip or wrist or crushing a backbone in later years” In his studies he found that women who drank milk twice a day were as likely to suffer bone breaks as women who drank it once

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