Revisiting Harvey M((ilk))'s Speech from San Francisco's 1978 Pride Parade
On this day in 1978, Harvey Milk delivered a powerful speech about LGBT equality and American democracy. There was also an important Jewish angle to that speech.
Forty-five years ago today, for the first time ever, a gay elected official led the Gay Pride parade in San Francisco. That parade also may have been the first time the rainbow flag was publicly displayed as a symbol of gay rights.
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