Sadly, Milk served just under a year before a ex-colleague from the Board entered City Hall with a pistol and assassinated both Milk and San Francisco's mayor, George Moscone, on November 27, 1978.
The plaque in front of what was Milk's camera store in the Castro District in San Francisco reads:
Harvey Milk's camera store and campaign headquarters at 575 Castro Street and his apartment upstairs were centers of community activism for a wide range of human rights, environmental, labor, and neighborhood issues. Harvey Milk's hard work and accomplishments on behalf of all San Franciscans earned him widespread respect and support. His life is an inspiration to all people committed to equal opportunity and an end to bigotry.
Milk's most famous quote was inspired by the legion of death threats he received during his life in public. He said - "If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door". Harvey Milk devoted his last decade on earth to shattering myths, fighting bigotry and providing hope and inspiration at a time when gays and lesbians were still assumed to be mentally ill.
All power to the people.....and if you live in California, vote no on Prop. 8
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