Tag Archives: Dan White

Harvey Milk Day

Posted on May 22, 2013 by swabby429

He was one of the very few public figures who could connect the dots.  Even though Harvey Milk didn’t use that clichéd expression, “to connect the dots”, in his speeches, he lived it. Most of us think of Harvey Milk … Continue reading →

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White Night Riots

Posted on May 21, 2012 by swabby429

It’s a bit difficult to judge the outcome of the events that took place during the evening of May 21st, 1979 in San Francisco.  Certainly, the manifestation of property destruction and retaliatory violence by police were clearly wrong.  But the … Continue reading →

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