MURDERED: Harvey Milk and George Moscone

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Harvey Milk was a trailblazing politician and activist with a charismatic and fearless personality. In 1977, he became California’s first openly gay elected official and became a powerful voice for marginalized communities…. But on the morning of November 27, 1978, Harvey’s life was cut short just one year into his term when he and Mayor George Moscone became the target of a shocking act of violence. 

 

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