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The Story of Harvey Milk
by David Aretha
128p. 978-1-59935-129-2.
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Gr 7-Up Only after his assassination did America truly begin to understand Milk's impact on the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. From the opening of his Castro Street camera shop in 1973 to his death in 1978, Milk arguably did more for LGBT civil rights than any other individual in history. With simple and engaging prose, Aretha documents his life from his birth on Long Island, to his struggle for an identity, through his calling as a gay-rights activist and politician in San Francisco. Full-color and black-and-white photos are interspersed throughout, giving a sense of the time period. Annoyingly, the index is off one page on many of its entries. In 2009, Milk was awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom Award and, in California, Harvey Milk Day has been established. Aretha's book and Kari Krakow's "The Harvey Milk Story" (Two Lives, 2002) are good introductions to this important figure."Betty S. Evans, Missouri State University, Springfield" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
In 1977 when Harvey Milk was elected a city supervisor in San Francisco, he became one of America's first openly gay politicians. Though largely known for his work in the burgeoning gay rights movement, Milk made human rights in general the backbone of his politics. Using photographs and clear text, this unabashedly laudatory--and informative--biography emphasizes Milk's lasting legacy. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.

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