Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk was an American politician and gay rights activist elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in 1977. He became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States.

Anne Kronenberg: An American political organizer who managed Harvey Milk’s 1977 campaign and later served as his legislative aide. She managed Milk’s successful supervisor campaign and helped carry out his office’s work.
Castro Street: A major street in San Francisco’s Castro district, long associated with LGBTQ businesses and community life. Milk’s camera shop and political base stood in the Castro, where he organized residents.
1977 San Francisco supervisor election: The election in which Harvey Milk won a seat on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. Milk’s victory made him one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States.
White Night riots: The May 1979 uprising in San Francisco after Dan White received a reduced sentence for killing George Moscone and Harvey Milk. The riots followed the verdict in the killings that ended Milk’s political life.
Dan White: A San Francisco supervisor who resigned from office in 1978 and later killed Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. White’s political conflict with Milk preceded the assassinations that ended Milk’s life.
Castro Camera: A camera store at 575 Castro Street in San Francisco, owned by Harvey Milk and used as a community organizing hub. The shop served as Milk’s workplace, campaign headquarters, and gathering place.
California Proposition 6: A 1978 California ballot initiative that would have required public schools to dismiss teachers and staff who supported gay rights. Milk campaigned against the measure, which voters rejected.
Twinkie defense: A misleading popular name for evidence about Dan White’s diminished capacity used in his 1979 murder trial. Coverage of White’s trial popularized this phrase after Milk’s assassination.
George Moscone: The mayor of San Francisco from 1976 until his assassination in 1978. Moscone appointed Milk to the city’s Board of Permit Appeals before Milk won election.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors: The legislative body governing the City and County of San Francisco. Milk won a seat on this body in 1977 and advocated city policies there.

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