LGBT rights activist

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We must push as hard as they push, and then push a little stronger.

Harvey Milk

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Topic

Fighting for justice Activism Politics

Speaker

Harvey Milk

Source

Bay Area Reporter

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Milk, Harvey. "Harvey Speaks Out." Bay Area Reporter, 8 Dec. 1977.

I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living.

Harvey Milk

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Topic

Hope

Speaker

Harvey Milk

Source

The Times of Harvey Milk

Medium

Film

Genre

Documentary

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

The Times of Harvey Milk. Directed by Rob Epstein, Pacific Arts/Black Sand Productions, 1984.

We have to be people who set each other free.

Harry Hay

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people Liberation

Speaker

Harry Hay

Source

The Progressive

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hay, Harry, Jr. "Meet Pioneer of Gay Rights, Harry Hay." Interviewed by Anne-Marie Cusac. The Progressive, Sept. 1998.

It takes no compromising to give people their rights... It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.

Harvey Milk

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Topic

Human rights Oppression

Speaker

Harvey Milk

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Milk, Harvey. Speech to the Joint International Longshoremen & Warehousemen's Union of San Francisco and to the Lafayette Club. 30 Sept. 1973, San Francisco, CA, USA.