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Milk Vs. Milk: The Black Lives Matter Campaign

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The film, Milk, was a story about one man named Harvey Milk who changed history. He was the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in America. This was a giant victory for gay rights and his courage changed a lot of people’s lives. Harvey Milk changed the very nature of what it means to fight for human rights and especially gay rights. When I was watching this movie, I was reminded about the #Black Lives Matter campaign. Harvey Milk was fighting for something that some people either didn’t know about or just didn’t care. We can see this in society today with different campaigns that people are either not educated enough to understand or just simply don’t want to spend energy to learn about it. This films reveals a lot about

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