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Sanders, Rob. PRIDE : THE STORY OF HARVEY MILK AND THE RAINBOW FLAG New York : Random, 2018 IL K-3, RL 3.2 ISBN 978-0-399-55531-2 (2 booktalks)
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Booktalk #1 On June 26, 2015. the United States Supreme Court ruled that gay people had the right to marry anywhere in the country. This didn't happen overnight. Many people fought for the right for equality. One man who was very vocal in the fight was Harvey Milk. He had dreamed of a country where gay people would be treated with equality. When a gay pride parade was planned for San Francisco in 1978, Harvey knew there had to be a symbol for the movement. That is when the gay flag was born. Booktalk #2 Harvey had a dream that everyone, including gay people, would be equal. As an elected official in San Francisco, he talked to everyone about his dream. He wanted a symbol to unite the gay community. Harvey asked artist Gilbert Baker, who suggested a flag. Gilbert and his volunteers created a rainbow of colored stripes. The first Rainbow Flag had eight stripes and was unfurled on June 25, 1978 in San Francisco. After Harvey was assassinated on November 27, 1978, people thought the flag might not fly again. They were wrong. In 1994, Gilbert designed another Rainbow Flag (with six stripes and a mile long) for an event in New York City. Harvey’s dream for equality, pride, hope, and love did not die. The Rainbow Flag is here to stay. (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Flags
-- History. Gay liberation movement. Gay politicians. Gay pride celebrations. Gay rights -- History. Milk, Harvey. Picture books. |
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