{"product_id":"an-archive-of-hope-harvey-milks-speeches-and-writings-9780520275485","title":"An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings","description":"Harvey Milk was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. \u003ci\u003eAn Archive of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is Milk in his own words, bringing together in one volume a substantial collection of his speeches, columns, editorials, political campaign materials, open letters, and press releases, culled from public archives, newspapers, and personal collections. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume opens with a foreword from Milk's friend, political advisor, and speech writer Frank Robinson, who remembers the man who \"started as a Goldwater Republican and ended his life as the last of the store front politicians\" who aimed to \"give 'em hope\" in his speeches. An illuminating introduction traces GLBTQ politics in San Francisco, situates Milk within that context, and elaborates the significance of his discourse and memories both to 1970s-era gay rights efforts and contemporary GLBTQ worldmaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJason Edward Black is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and an affiliate professor in Gender and Race Studies at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eArguments about Animal Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eCharles E. Morris III is Professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University and editor of \u003ci\u003eRemembering the AIDS Quilt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQueering Public Address\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eReadings on the Rhetoric of Social Protest\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eForeword: Frank Robinson, friend and speechwriter of Harvey Milk; member of Chicago Gay Liberation in the early 1970s, helped shape the rhetoric that Milk used to inspire the LGBT community across the country in the late 1970s. Robinson was a journalist for many years, has written numerous novels, several of which were turned into films (including the Towering Inferno). Robinson had a cameo role in the film Milk.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325018214674,"sku":"9780520275485","price":76.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c0bc468-96a9-4acd-880f-a2fcf02c97b6.jpg?v=1744206018","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-archive-of-hope-harvey-milks-speeches-and-writings-9780520275485","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}