Three Years Our Mayor by Lincoln A. Mitchell (Hardback Book)

University of Nevada Press

Three Years Our MayorGeorge Moscone and the Making of Modern San Francisco\nAuthor(s): Lincoln A. Mitchell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nevada Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nevada Press\nISBN-13: 9781647791872, 978-1647791872\nSynopsis\nThose who recognize Mayor George Moscones name may think of him as the career politician who was assassinated along with Harvey Milk, but there was much more to this influential and fascinating mans story. He was a trailblazing progressive and powerful state legislator who was instrumental in passing legislation on issues ranging from LGBT rights to funding for school lunches. Moscones 1975 campaign for mayor was historically significant because it was the first time a major race was won by a candidate who campaigned aggressively for expanding civil rights for both African Americans and LGBT people. He won his campaign for mayor chiefly because of huge support from those two constituencies.\n\n Moscone was also a very col.