The Mayor of Castro Street (62 page)

Harris, Fred

Hartmann, Tory

Hayden, Tom

Hearst Corporation

See also San Francisco Examiner

Hibernia Bank

Hillsborough, Helen

Hillsborough, Robert

Himmler, Heinrich

Hinckle, Warren

Hilter, Adolf

Hollonzine, Steve

Holocaust (Nazi)

Hongisto, Richard

Hunter, Tab

Hymnal, The
(newsletter)

Inner City
(play)

Irish-Americans

See also
Castro Street neighborhood; Warren Hinckle; Dan White

Irwin, Joan

Joe the Pig

John, Elton

Jones, Cleve

Jones, Rev. Jim

Jonestown, Guyana

Judge, Goldie

Kamin, Ira

Kelly's Bar

Kennedy, John F.

Kilduff, Marshall

Kopay, Dave

Kopp, Quentin

Korean War

Kowalski, George

Kraus, Bill

Kronenberg, Anne

as successor to Milk

Laborers Union

Lau, Gordon

LePlatney, Clifton

Liberals

Lievestro, Christian

Lira, Jack

suicide of

Los Angeles Times

Lowell, Steve

Lyon, Phyllis

McCarthy, Leo

McGovern, George

McKinley, John (Jack) Galen

suicide of

Maley, Ken

Market Street

Marks, Milton

Martin, Del

Matlovich, Tech. Sgt. Leonard

Mattachine Review

Mattachine Society

Media

See also
Press, the

Melia, William

Merman, Ethel

Merriam, Eve

Mexican-American Political Association

Miami, repeal of gay rights law in

Military, the

Milk, Audrey

Milk, Harvey Bernard

as acting mayor

ashes scattered

assassination of

autopsy of

birthday party in memory of (1979)

as Board of Permit Appeals commissioner

California Senate resolution honoring

childhood and adolescence of

as circus clown

as co-alcoholic

as college student

death threat against (1976)

dog feces bill of

forebodings of early death

hate mail received by

hope speech of

inauguration as supervisor

mayorship as goal of

memorial services for

in the navy

in 1973 election

in 1975 election

in 1976 assembly race

in 1977 election

at 1978 Gay Freedom Day Parade

political legacy of

sex life of

speeches of

successor to

as supervisor

tape of political will of

See also specific events, topics, and individuals

Milk, Minerva (Minnie)

Milk, Morris

Milk, Robert

Milk, William (Bill)

Minnelli, Liza

Mission Street district

Mitchell, John

Molinari, John

Mondale, Walter

Moore, Jimmy

Moore, Sarah Jane

Moriarty, Francis

Morris, Charles

Morrison, Jack

Moscone, George

assassination of

autopsy of

burial of

California Senate resolution honoring

death threats against

FBI investigation of

memorial services for

1976 assembly race and

White's reappointment and

Moscone, Gina

Most Holy Redeemer Parish

See also
Castro Street neighborhood

Mulcahy, Eileen

Murphy, Cornelius

Murphy, Reg

Nardoza, Peter

National Gay Task Force

Navy, U.S.

Newman, Paul

New West
magazine

New York City, Milk in

New York State College for Teachers at Albany

New York Times Magazine, The

Nichols, Rick

Nicoletta, Danny

Noble, Elaine

Norman, Tom

Nothenberg, Rudy

O'Connor, Capt. William

Officers for Justice (OFJ)

O'Horgan, Tom

Oklahoma, anti-gay legislation in

Orange County

Orange Tuesday

Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookstore

Pabich, Dick

Paperback Traffic

Payne, Medora

Peg's Place brawl

Pendulum

Peoples Temple

Performing Artists for Milk

Peron, Dennis

Perry, Chris

Pier 39 project

Police (Police Department)

Gain as chief of

gay cops in

riot after White verdict and

after White's assassination of Milk and Moscone

Police brutality and harassment

Police Commission

Police Officers' Association (POA)

Presidio military base

Press, the

See also
Media

Price, Leontyne

Proposition 6,
See
Briggs Initiative

Proposition 7

Quinn, Sally

Radicals

Randol, Tom

Reagan, Ronald

Real estate developers

Real estate speculators

Reed, Lou

Riis Park

Riot after White verdict

Rivaldo, Jim

Robinson, Frank

Rodwell, Craig

Rosman, Howard

Ross, Bob

Ryan, Leo

Ryckman, John

St. Claire, Bob

St. James, Margo

St. Paul, Minnesota

San Diego

San Francisco

history of gays in

as “Kook Capital,”

Milk's 1969 stay in

Milk's 1972 move to

1978 demonstrations in

See also
Elections;
and specific neighborhoods

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs Association

San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco Gay Democratic Club (later Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club)

San Francisco Labor Council

San Francisco Progress

San Francisco Tomorrow

San Francisco Young Democrats

Sarria, Jose

“Saturday Night Live,”

Save Our Children (From Homosexuality), Inc.

Save Our Human Rights

Sayão, Bidú

Schmidt, Doug

Scott, David

Seattle, Washington

Seely, Dennis

Seniora, Alfred

Silver, Carol Ruth

Silvistri, Doris

Simmons, Warren

Sipple, Oliver (Bill)

Smith, Arlo

Smith, (Joseph) Scott

Smith, Stan

Society for Individual Rights (SIR)

Spear, Allan

“Statement of Conscience,”

Stephens, Boyd

Stoen, Tim

Stokes, Rick

Stonewall Bar, raid on (1969)

Streisand, Barbra

Suicide

Al Asmussen's

Joe Campbell's attempt

gays and

Jack Lira's

Jack McKinley and

Harvey Milk's views on

Peoples Temple

Craig Rodwell's attempt

Summa Corporation

Supreme Court, U.S.

Tango, Mildred

Tatum, Donn

Tay-Bush Inn

Taylor, Barbara

Taylor, Jerry

Teamsters

Time
magazine

Toad Hall bar

Tunney, John

Turner, Joe

Tuttle, Bob

Union Labor Party

Unions

1975 elections and

See also specific unions

United Fund Against the Briggs Initiative

Vel, Frank

Veterans for Milk Committee

Vice squad

Wahl, John

Washington, gay march on

Washington Star

Wax, Mel

Weather Underground

Weiss, Mike

White, Dan

assassination of Moscone and Milk by

confession of

gay rights law and

manslaughter verdict for

Pier 39 project and

psychiatric center issue and

reactions to verdict against

reappointment issue and

resignation of

trial of

verdicts against

White, Mary Ann

Wichita, Kansas

Wiegardt, Billy

Wilde, Oscar

Wong, Michael

Woodward, Joanne

Woolden, Russ

World War II

Zane, Martland

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shilts, Randy.

The Mayor of Castro Street : the life and times of Harvey Milk / by Randy Shilts.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-312-01900-9 (pbk.)

1. Milk, Harvey. 2. Gay liberation movement—California—San Francisco. 3. Politicians—California—San Francisco—Biography. 4. San Francisco (Calif.)—Politics and government. 5. San Francisco (Calif.)—Biography. 1. Title.

88-1836

F869.S353M547 1988 979.4'61053'0924—dc19 [B]

CIP

The speeches of Harvey Milk are printed in full with the permission of the Estate of Harvey Milk, copyright © 1978 by Estate of Harvey Milk, all rights reserved.

Lyrics from “The Rock Will Wear Away.” Lyrics and music by Meg Christian and Holly Near, used with permission, copyright © 1976 by Thumbelina Music (BMI) and Herford Music (ASCAP). Thanks to Olivia Records.

Research for this book has previously appeared in
New West, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner,
Criminal Justice Publications, National Public Radio, KSAN-FM news, KTVU-TV's “Ten O'Clock News” and KQED-TV's “Newsroom,” “A Closer Look,” and “Evening Edition” programs.

    The book is an expansion of “The Life and Death of Harvey Milk,” first published in
Christopher Street
magazine in March 1979.

eISBN 9781466829671

First eBook edition: September 2012