Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk · Civil Rights & Human Rights
One of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States and a pioneering San Francisco civil rights leader.
1930, Woodmere, New York, United States — 1978, San Francisco, California, United States
United States
Harvey Milk is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — One of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States and a pioneering San Francisco civil rights leader.
Harvey Milk was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 and becoming a national symbol of the gay-rights movement before his assassination in 1978. He was Jewish, raised in a Jewish family on Long Island, New York. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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One of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States and a pioneering San Francisco civil rights leader.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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