Nephew's hopeful as state prepares to observe Harvey Milk Day

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from the Sacramento Bee:



Nephew's hopeful as state prepares to observe Harvey Milk Day

By Jeff Mitchell
Bee Correspondent

Published: Sunday, May. 16, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 3A


Not unlike his famous uncle, L. Stuart Milk is very much a hopeful man.

He's had to be a patient one, too.

It's been more than 31 years since San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk was shot to death along with Mayor George Moscone at City Hall. On Saturday, for the first time, California is officially honoring the gay civil rights leader.

"This has been a slow, evolutionary process," said Stuart Milk in a telephone interview. "It's taken more than three decades since my uncle's assassination to get here."

These days, the 49-year-old South Florida resident is focusing on the new Harvey B. Milk Foundation, which is joining with Equality California and Sacramento-based Equality Action Now in directing commemorations of his uncle with rallies, marches, films and fundraisers. Similar events are planned elsewhere, including New York City and Long Island, N.Y., where Milk was raised. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/16/2753646/nephews-hopeful-as-state-prepares.html#ixzz0o5warGxW

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. One of the comments correctly points out that the main target was George Moscone

Still any way to get get a civil rights discussion going in the schools is a good thing