The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of

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

The mayor also received complaints from residents of District 8, most of whom lost faith in White and doubted his reliability. District 5 included Castro Street, where Harvey had opened a camera store that served as the unofficial headquarters for his election. See page 124, "The Mayor of Castro Street:The Life and Times of Harvey Milk", by Randy Shilts. 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. 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. Jan 27, 2009 - The Times of Harvey Milk. Dec 2, 2013 - Shilts wrote “The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk” (1982), when a biography about a gay political figure was groundbreaking. Apr 3, 2009 - The Times of Harvey Milk is one of my favorite documentaries. Dec 5, 2008 - But last week, as the 30th anniversary of his assassination approached, coupled with the opening of the new Sean Penn bio-epic on his life, Milk, it became clear that the lessons of Harvey Milk are being lost to the newest generation Movies like Milk remind those of us old enough to remember the crucial role the so-called Mayor of Castro Street played in our history. May 23, 2013 - SINGING OUT PROUD: FROM ABBA TO GAGA celebrates the life of Harvey Milk and 35 years of gay pop music icons. Even before the title The Times of Harvey Milk appears on the screen, it is riveting. Martin's Press, 1987); Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (St. Apr 2, 2013 - In his biographical account, The Mayor of Castro Street, Randy Shilts observes that Harvey Milk “…remains frozen in time, a symbol of what gays can accomplish and the dangers they face in doing so.” 'Power' Here,” New York Times, December 3, 1978; Randy Shilts, And The Band Played On: Politics, People, And The AIDS Epidemic (St. It details the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to a major US office.… He called himself the "Mayor of Castro Street", and he was without a doubt the first person to give a voice to the many oppressed gays of San Francisco.