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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
“Harvey Milk’s Bullhorn" – Read by Joe Morrissey
Harvey Milk was known for his heartfelt speeches that moved crowds to action in the 1970s. To rally supporters he used a gray-and-red bullhorn – a Fanon Transistorized Megaphone, Model 85-C. It was originally given to Harvey years ago by teamster Allan Baird.
After Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and just before his 1978 assassination, he gave the bullhorn to his good friend and confidant, Cleve Jones.
When Jones moved from San Francisco to Palm Springs, he loaned the bullhorn to The Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, a school in the Castro devoted to “teaching tolerance and nonviolence.”
Later, Jones retrieved the bullhorn so it could be used in the 2008 film, “MILK.” He didn’t return the bullhorn to the school, which caused an unlikely tug-of-war.
More about that tomorrow…
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