Household saint: never-before-seen photos highlight "Saint Harvey," a San Francisco exhibition honoring Harvey Milk. (culture).Gay activist, elected official, and martyr Harvey Milk This article is about poltitician and activist. For the high school, see Harvey Milk High School. For the band, see Harvey Milk (band). Harvey Bernard Milk is nearly as busy in his afterlife as he was in his days on earth. Books, films, schools, even an opera have memorialized the self-made Mayor of Castro Street
It's been 25 years since Mayor George Moscone George Richard Moscone (November 24, 1929–November 27, 1978) (pronounced "mos-cone-ee") was the mayor of San Francisco, California from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978. Background Moscone was born in San Francisco, California. and Supervisor Milk were shot and killed by fellow supervisor Dan White. This exhibit, says curator and executive director Susan Stryker, shows how "a gay community hungry for heroes" has "invested a fallen leader with mythic status." The centerpiece of "Saint Harvey" drives home the point: It's an altar-like installation displaying the clothing Milk wore at the time of his assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. . The first half of the show, leading up to the altar, documents Milk's life; the second half, his legacy. Milvy has written for such publications as Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, and Premiere. |
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