Mayor of Castro Street

Description:

The Mayor of Castro Street is Shilts's acclaimed story of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and tragic assassination mirrored the dramatic and unprecedented emergence of the gay community in America during the 1970s. Known as "The Mayor of Castro Street" even before he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Harvey Milk's personal and political life is a story full of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassinations at City Hall, massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice, and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope. The Mayor of Castro Street is a story of personal tragedies and political intrigues, assassination in City Hall and massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice and the consolidation of gay power and gay hope. Harvey Milk has been the subject of numerous books and movies, including the Academy Award–winning 1984 documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk. His life is also the basis of a 2008 major motion picture, Milk, starring Sean Penn.

subjects: Biography,  Gay liberation movement,  Gay politicians,  History,  Politicians,  Politics and government,  Politicians, united states,  San francisco (calif.), politics and government,  LGBTQ activism,  LGBTQ history,  Biographie,  Homosexuels,  Hommes politiques,  Discrimination sexuelle,  Mouvements de libération des homosexuels,  Homosexualité,  Aspect politique,  Homosexuel,  Mouvement social,  LGBTQ biography and memoir,  Fiction, general

People: Harvey Milk (1930-1978)

Places: California,  Castro District (San Francisco, Calif.),  San Francisco,  San Francisco (Calif.)