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'You Got To Give Them Hope,’ Harvey Milk’s Lasting Words, 40 Years Later

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Nov 26, 2018

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Stuart Milk, the nephew of the late gay activist Harvey Milk, sits next to a photograph of his uncle after a press conference announcing legislation to create a Harvey Milk Day in California March 3, 2009 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Harvey Milk and the city of San Francisco gives many people the “permission” they need to fight for gay rights in other places. The Castro became a symbol of this permission and Milk’s legacy has since spread across the world. Today, a day before the 40th anniversary of his death, we look at Harvey Milk’s message of hope through the eyes of one man who watched, admired and acted on that message.

Guest: Greg Carey, Chief of Patrol for Castro Community on Patrol

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