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The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk Randy Shilts
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

The picture of Milk is an iconic one of him standing in front of the Castro Street Camera Store in San Francisco in 1977 (also known as Harvey Milk's campaign headquarters back in the day). Dec 9, 2010 - -From a tape recording to be played in the event of his assassination, quoted in Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1982). 2 days ago - It was only a year later that his life would be tragically taken when he and then San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated on November 27, 1978. The stamp can be purchased online today, and word is they are selling fast. Nov 27, 2012 - From his shop in the Castro, he ran grassroots campaigns based on relentless meetings, door-to-door canvassing, and media interviews. Oct 12, 2009 - For documentation of Harvey Milk's values and further analysis of “Harvey Milk Day,” see SaveCalifornia.com's SB 572 veto request letter. May 22, 2014 - The stamp image is based on a circa 1977 black and white photograph of Milk in front of his Castro Street Camera store in San Francisco taken by Daniel Nicoletta of Grants Pass, OR. Milk's life and political career have just been dramatised by In the meantime he became a much loved local figure, one who dubbed himself the 'Mayor of Castro Street' and gained friends and allies from attaching himself to neighbourhood and minority issues. The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. Jan 27, 2009 - The Times of Harvey Milk. Shilts, Randy: The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. Some films and some people are just there to inspire us. On the 27th of November 1978 the gay activist Harvey Milk and San Franciscan mayor George Moscone were assassinated by ex-district supervisor Dan White. For that, one must turn to the late Randy Shilts's book The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1983), which, to my mind, remains the definitive work on the man's life and legacy.