Harvey Milk, 1930-1978 Harvey Milk was the gay Martin Luther King, an inspirational leader who was assasinated for who he was. Milk was part of the emergence of the gay community in San Francisco and America in the 1970s, a tireless organizer, small businessman, and politician. He ran for office 3 times before finally being elected in 1977 to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where he was instrumental in passing that city's gay rights ordinance. He was also a great coalition-builder, forming alliances with other minority groups and achieving widespread acclaim. Milk's personal efforts were very important in defeating the anti-gay Briggs initiative in 1978, and there seemed to be no limits to what he could accomplish when he (and mayor George Moscone) were assasinated by conservative political rival Dan White. Harvey Milk's legacy continues on today as someone who stood proudly for who he was and what he believed in. This website is dedicated to Harvey Milk; he will not be forgotten. The Forgotten Populist An essay on Milk's politics Uncle Donald's Milk Page Memories of Harvey Milk's San Francisco career by someone who was there I Remember Harvey Another personal memoir of Milk Harvey Milk: The Mayor of Castro Street A virtual tour of Milk's neighborhood, including the camera shop where he ran his campaigns out of. The Mayor of Castro Street (book) This is the book (by Randy Shilts) that inspired me, someone who was 6 years old in 1978, to do this website. A great biography of Milk that nearly had me in tears by the end.