Moscone, George, -1978

  • Moscone-Milk newscast

    KPFA news broadcast from 27 November, 1978, which covered the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, as well as a story on the Jonestown Massacre, the defeat of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuta, and the Supreme Court ruling on journalists withholding information. Louis Freedberg, announcer. This broadcast won the 1979 award…

  • Dan White: reaction to the verdict

    Report on the Dan White verdict which partially cleared him of the murders of George Moscone and Harvey Milk, due to his use of the “Twinkie” defense. White claimed that a sugar-induced psychosis was responsible for his actions. Includes news blurbs and reactions of people on the street. Contains voices of George Moscone, Harvey Milk,…

  • The International Hotel

    For over fifteen years tenants of the International Hotel, primarily elderly Filipinos, struggled to defend themselves against eviction from their home. The issue reached dramatic proportions in San Francisco, with Sheriff Richard Hongisto going to jail for initially refusing to carry out the eviction and Mayor George Moscone risking an entire political career on the…