Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 6
In office 1978–1980
Preceded by
District created
Succeeded by
Districts abolished
Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at-large
In office 1981–1989
Preceded by
Districts abolished
Succeeded by
Terence Hallinan
Personal details
Born
(1938-10-01) October 1, 1938 (age 85) Boston, Massachusetts
Political party
Democratic
Residence
San Francisco
Alma mater
University of Chicago
Profession
attorney
Carol Ruth Silver (born October 1, 1938)[1][page needed] is an American lawyer and civil rights activist. She was a Freedom Rider, arrested and incarcerated for 40 days in Mississippi.[2][page needed][3][page needed] She was among those on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors allegedly targeted by Dan White in the Moscone–Milk assassinations, but escaped assassination because she was not in her office at the time of the murders.[4][5]
^Schultz, Debra L. and Blanche Wiesen Cook (2002). Going South: Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement. NYU Press, ISBN 978-0-8147-9775-4
^Ethridge, Eric, Breach of Peace (2008), Atlas & Co ISBN 978-0-9777433-9-1
^Arsenault, Raymond, Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, Oxford University Press (2006) ISBN 978-0-19-513674-6; ISBN 0-19-513674-8
^Weiss, Mike. (September 18, 1998). "Killer of Moscone, Milk had Willie Brown on List", San Jose Mercury News, Page A1
^Weiss, Mike. (October 1998). "Dan White's Last Confession", San Francisco Magazine
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than at-large, elections for board of supervisors. Harvey Milk and CarolRuthSilver were also elected to the board of supervisors in this election. Hutch...
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