Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!
The Man Who Kept Harvey Milk’s Dream Alive
A new Queer Serial
sister series
Original release: May 21, 2022
Episode 3
“White Night”
The Dan White verdict is announced, and the city riots.
This episode was originally released on the 43rd anniversary of the White Night Riots. 🔥
“No apologies.”
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MAY 19, 2022
she’s news!! thanks @bayareareporter‼️
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MAY 19, 2022
On the 43rd anniversary this Saturday, hear the Dan White verdict—and subsequent White Night Riots. 🔥
MAY 19, 2022
On Saturday's new episode, we’re giving ‘em hell. 🔥
📸 White Night riots, May 21, 1979.
MAY 20, 2022
Tomorrow—on the 43rd anniversary. 🔥
📸 May 21, 1979. White Night riots. AP.
MAY 20, 2022
No apologies. 🔥
New episode featuring the White Night riots—on the 43rd anniversary—tomorrow.
🎧 "GIVE EM HELL" episode 3, audio from Randy Alfred's radio show "The Gay Life" @glbt_history
📸 White Night riots, May 21, 1979. SF Chronicle.
MAY 20, 2022
"There were all kinds of problems with the police department when I became a supervisor."
🎧 "GIVE EM HELL" episode 3, Supervisor Harry Britt speaking.
📸 ACAB, babes. Police cars on fire at Civic Center in San Francisco. The blurry figure in the foreground is a running cameraperson. White Night Riots.
🔥 Photo by John Storey for SF Chronicle, May 21, 1979.
MAY 21, 2022
a whole bushel of bad apples?? lol
🎧 "GIVE EM HELL" episode 3, Supervisor Harry Britt & Will Roscoe speaking in 2009.
📸 City Hall. White Night Riots. 🔥 Photo by Susan Ehmer for SF Chronicle, May 21, 1979.
MAY 22, 2022
“That was a righteous riot.”
Listen to the White Night Riots in the new episode of "Give 'Em Hell, Harry!” 🔥
📸 Cooked cop cars after the riot. Photo by Joe Rosenthal for the SF Chronicle
MAY 21, 2022
ACAB
📸 White Night Riots, 43 years ago tonight. Photo by Judith Calson. @ucberkeley
MAY 21, 2022
On today's episode—and the 43rd anniversary!—listen to the White Night riots from two different points of view: a rioter and the new gay supervisor.
📸 May 21, 1979. White Night riots. AP.
📸 Photo by Susan Ehmer for the SF Chronicle.
MAY 20, 2022
Free post on my patreon featuring 1980 coverage of the White Night Riots (and previously unpublished photos!) by GIVE EM HELL host Will Roscoe! Under his pen name Steven Marks. @willrxf
patreon.com/queerserial freee ✨
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📸 Will in Berkeley, 1978.
MAY 23, 2022
This week, you’ll hear more from the tape.
📸 [above] Daniel Nicoletta, 1977.
[left]
📸 Harvey Milk “in case” tape, Daniel Nicoletta.
🗞 NYT November 28, 1978
🎥 Milk feature film starring Sean Penn & directed by Gus Van Sant
happy birthday, harvey!
MAY 22, 2022
Happy birthday, Harvey. 🎈
📸 Supervisor Harry Britt, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, & Bill Krause singing “Happy Birthday” to the late supervisor at the Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club Annual Dinner, May 22, 1980. Swipe to see Gwenn Craig join the group!
Photos by Daniel Nicoletta.
MAY 22, 2022
The day after the riots, thousands gathered in the Castro to peacefully celebrate what would have been Harvey Milk's 49th birthday.
📸 Photo by Vici Mac Donald for the SF Chronicle. May 22, 1979.
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Preview the series
A new sister series about Supervisor Harvey Milk’s final wishes.
On his audio will, Milk recommended a list of possible successors, including a relatively unknown volunteer in his campaign, Harry Britt.
Over three months in 2009, Roscoe recorded interviews with Harvey Milk’s successor, Supervisor Harry Britt, who turned Harvey Milk’s politics into reality. Will and Harry experienced Harvey’s assassination. They were in the candlelight march that night. And they were at City Hall when angry queers rioted, burning 14 cop cars. Harry Britt refused to apologize.
In a new series, we’ll tell you Milk’s story, and pick up where the movie left off. You’ll hear the story of a shy minister was chosen by Milk to fill his shoes in the event of assassination—and how he kept the movement going forward.
Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, & Harry Britt
Speak at Harvey Milk's 50th Birthday Dinner, 1980
Remember when Jane Fonda went viral in 2020 for a decades-old clip of her advocating for gay rights? Here’s the speech she gave later that night at the Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club’s Milk birthday dinner on May 21, 1980. I believe the clip on YouTube is mislabeled as 1979, because her speech that night very specifically references the interaction with the reporter—but please correct me if I’m wrong!
This clip from “The Gay Life” hosted by Randy Alfred is courtesy our FABULOUS SPONSOR: THE GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN SAN FRANCISCO 💖 It features the voices of Randy Alfred, Supervisor Harry Britt, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and Bill Kraus.
Happy 92nd birthday, Harvey! ✨
Original release date: May 22, 2022
“Harvey Milk's Political Will”
“This is Harvey Milk speaking from my camera store on the evening of Friday, November 18th. This is Tape #2…This is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination.”
This audio is provided courtesy of Daniel Nicoletta, a fabulous photographer who worked on Harvey’s campaigns and took some of the most well known photos of Harvey and Harry. You can read Dan’s history of the tapes and the transcript in a lovely new book here.
Infamous Crimes: White Night Riot Interviews
Producer Devlyn Camp talks to rioters who attended the legendary May 21, 1979
uprising following the verdict in the Dan White trial.
Listen only on Patreon.
Listen to the
preview here!
Sister Series Host
Will Roscoe
Professional Rioter
Jerry the Faerie
Anarchist
Joey Cain
Artist down the street
Rumi Missabu
Sister Mary Media
Cass Brayton
Forgotten Fairy Tales: Will Roscoe Interviews
Sister series host Will Roscoe interviews friends
and co-workers of Supervisor Harry Britt.
Listen only on Patreon.
Gwenn Craig:
Tom Ammiano:
Sharon Johnson:
Randy Alfred:
David Weissman:
Tim Wolfred:
Special thanks to the Hong-Murray Family Trust for their generous support of this project, in honor of the legacy of Stephen O. Murray.
Special thanks to the following
“No Apologies” & “Give ‘em Hell” donors on Indiegogo:
Timothy Dupps
Rafael Mandelman
Donald Hoffman
Tim Wolfred
Pat Gourley
Sharon Johnson
Sam Tepperman-Gelfant
P. Goldblum
Gerry Filby
Liz Ryan Murray
David Weissman
Tab Buckner
Daniel Nicoletta
Michael Epstein
Edward Wright
Angelica Jongco
Toby Johnson
Sparkle Jim Cartwright ✨
Duc Luu
David Bloxsom
Jason McKillican
Paul Di Ciccio
Eric Cervini
“Harry was progressive before the word became vogue. He was a powerful advocate for the gay community who never took no for an answer.”
—Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Listen to excerpts and learn more about Harry Britt on Will Roscoe’s website here, & sign up for periodic updates here!
Send inquiries to Devlyn here or Will here.
Donate to the production here.
Harry Britt and Will Roscoe, October 7, 2010.
“We needed to be a minority that you fear.”
Harry Britt