Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION • Celebrate Pride and it's iconic rainbow flag--a symbol of inclusion and acceptance around the world-- with the very first picture book to tell its remarkable and inspiring history!
"Pride is a beacon of (technicolor) light." --Entertainment Weekly
In this deeply moving and empowering true story, young readers will trace the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings in 1978 with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today's world. Award-winning author Rob Sanders's stirring text, and acclaimed illustrator Steven Salerno's evocative images, combine to tell this remarkable - and undertold - story. A story of love, hope, equality, and pride.
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In a poignant and uplifting biography of Milk, Sanders introduces the political activist through his crusade for human rights: "Harvey dreamed that everyone even gay people would have equality. He dreamed that he and his friends would be treated like everyone else." To realize this dream, Sanders explains, Milk became "one of the first openly gay people to be elected to political office in the United States," when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Wanting a potent symbol to represent the fight for gay rights, Milk asked artist Gilbert Baker to create a flag: "Volunteers arrived to help Gilbert's design come to life. Together they dipped fabric into large barrels filled with vivid, bright dyes." Salerno conveys Milk's likeness in gently expressive cartoons; he fills his background spreads with decorative, paisley print designs, and the unfurled rainbow flag is a recurring motif. After the assassinations of Milk and San Francisco mayor George Moscone (communicated through a newspaper headline, reading: "Moscone, Milk Killed"), Milk's message of acceptance and love is carried onward through the pride flag and those who wave it. Biographical notes include timelines and photographs of Milk and fellow activists. Ages 5 8.
