Moscone Milk Memorial 2008 - Willie Brown

On November 28, 2008, the city of San Francisco remembered the lives of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. It was the day after the 30th anniversary of the assassination of both Moscone and Milk by then former Supervisor Dan White, which occurred on November 27, 1978. George Moscone is remembered as a mayor who supported the disenfranchised people of San Francisco and left a legacy of future politicians that have shaped both the city and the state of California. Harvey Milk was the first ever openly-gay person to be elected to a government position and is greatly remembered as a pioneer of gay rights in the 1970's.

This is the full speech by Willie Brown, former Mayor of San Francisco and California Assemblyman at the time of the assassinations, during the Memorial Concert at City Hall in San Francisco, CA.

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