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July 31, 2009

US to Award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Late Gay Riots Pioneer Harvey Milk
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And the Obama administration has announced plans to posthumously award
the gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk with the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Milk was killed in 1978
after becoming one of the nation’s first openly gay elected officials.



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