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Courtesy of National Archives, Milk, Harvey, "Letter from Harvey Milk to President Carter regarding the Briggs Initiative," 28 June 1978
In this June 1978 letter, Harvey Milk, the first openly-gay person to be elected into public office in California, petitioned President Jimmy Carter to lend his support in defeating Proposition 6, also known as the Briggs Initiative. Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, one of Milk's main goals was defeating this legislation, which would have, among other things, banned anyone who was gay from working in the California Public School System. The timing of the letter was significant in that Harvey Milk had just delivered his famous "Hope Speech" which he included excerpts of in his letter to Carter. Proposition 6 was defeated and Carter did openly oppose the measure.
Transcript of Harvey Milk's Letter to President Jimmy Carter
Milk, Harvey, "Letter from Harvey Milk to President Carter regarding the Briggs Initiative," 28 June 1978. Courtesy of National Archives Courtesy of Library of Congress
Courtesy of National Archives, Milk, Harvey, "Letter from Harvey Milk to President Carter regarding the Briggs Initiative," 28 June 1978
In this June 1978 letter, Harvey Milk, the first openly-gay person to be elected into public office in California, petitioned President Jimmy Carter to lend his support in defeating Proposition 6, also known as the Briggs Initiative. Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, one of Milk's main goals was defeating this legislation, which would have, among other things, banned anyone who was gay from working in the California Public School System. The timing of the letter was significant in that Harvey Milk had just delivered his famous "Hope Speech" which he included excerpts of in his letter to Carter. Proposition 6 was defeated and Carter did openly oppose the measure.
Transcript of Harvey Milk's Letter to President Jimmy Carter
Milk, Harvey, "Letter from Harvey Milk to President Carter regarding the Briggs Initiative," 28 June 1978. Courtesy of National Archives Courtesy of Library of Congress
