Harvey Milk

By Barbara Gottfried Hollander

Subjects: Statesmen, San francisco (calif.), Politicians, San francisco (calif.), history, Homosexuality, Statesmen, juvenile literature, San francisco (calif.), juvenile literature, Homosexuality, juvenile literature

Description: Harvey Milk dreamed of a better tomorrow filled with love and equal rights for all. In 1977, Milk was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, only to be assassinated less than a year after he took office. Through his personal and professional life, Harvey Milk became a role model and beacon of hope for many members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community. Readers will examine the life of this civic hero, including his struggles as a young man, who inspired the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.