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Harvey Milk’s Gay Freedom Day Speech
Five months before his assassination in 1978, Harvey Milk called on the president of the United States to defend the rights of gay and lesbian Americans.
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Liz Tracey
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Harvey Milk
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JSTOR Daily
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June 13, 2022
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