Who Was Harvey Milk?

3.5, rounded up. For about two years, I was obsessed with Harvey Milk. We're talking hardcore obsessed - I even went to San Francisco for a research trip and interviewed some of his friends. I still have a box under my bed with photocopies of a bunch of his personal letters. I was planning to write a......more

Did you know... -That Harvey's family was Jewish? -that he had a High School named after him? -that he was known as the class clown? -that he had a celebratory day named after him? Check out his awesome story of life, love, laughter, and drive!......more

I first learned about Harvey Milk in the 2008 movie Milk starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, and Lucas Grabeel. I worked at Blockbuster at the time, and I remember the movie being incredibly popular. So I had a basic idea of who he was, but mostly just recalled that he was a Gay politician and activist......more

Summary: Who Was Harvey Milk? By Corrine A. Grinpol is a book about Harvey Milk who was one of the first openly gay people elected to public office in the U.S. He worked hard to make the world fairer and accepting before his life was tragically cut short. Commentary: As someone who supports LGBTQ+ I fe......more

Read for my Libraries, Literature, and the Child class. Part of the popular Who Was? series, this brief biography of Harvey Milk includes illustrations, information on simultaneous and related historical events, as well as a detailed timeline at the end of the book. Harvey Milk’s story includes heav......more