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Death of dreams: in November 1978, Harvey Milk's murder and the mass suicides at Jonestown nearly broke San Francisco's spirit. Eerily, Milk knew and worked with Jonestown founder Jim Jones.(Harvey Milk & Jonestown: 25 years later)
"Horror upon horror, shock upon shock.... What is there about November? What is there about San Francisco?" So declaimed local journalist Herb Caen just one day after the November 27, 1978, murders of openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone.
Twenty-five years later, most gay men and lesbians have beard the story of Milk's rise to national prominence as one of the first openly gay lawmakers in the country. And most have heard about how the murders of Milk and Moscone east a shadow over a previously optimistic and seemingly carefree San Francisco, But many people don't realize that the murders were the second tragedy to strike the city in as ...
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