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 Harvey Milk


 * Directions**: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual //and// provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?


 * Questions to consider as you do your research**
 * What was the status of gay rights in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s? What types of discrimination did gay men and women face? Consider the laws that were passed concerning homosexuality as well as key Supreme Court rulings.
 * How did Harvey Milk become involved in the struggle for gay rights?
 * What were his goals? What were his strategies?
 * How do you think Milk would define equality?

RESOURCES
 * [|Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street]