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ACT UP and the AIDS Crisis
A news story outlining the history of the gay rights movement.

A news story outlining the history of the gay rights movement.

Citation Information
“In 50 years, huge strides for gay-rights movement,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/1cfa77365f32d894b7dc578e7f07eb35.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio via Minnesota Digital Library.

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A news story outlining the history of the gay rights movement.
A pamphlet for the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, containing demands, related events, and a call to action, October 1979.
A transcript of a speech given by Dr. Neil Shram about physician Paul Cameron’s views of AIDS and homosexuality, February 10, 1986.
A photograph of an ACT UP T-shirt with artwork by Keith Haring, 1987.
A photograph of protesters against the Helms Amendment, which cut off federal funds to AIDS service groups, December 6, 1987.
An open letter to the River Expo Committee from ACT UP Atlanta published in Southern Voice, August 31, 1989.
A photograph of crowds examining the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at the National Mall in Washington, DC, April 1988.
A photograph of protesters being arrested at City Hall in New York during ACT UP’s second anniversary protest, March 28, 1989.
A letter from David Lemos, executive director of the NAMES Project, about the "Return to Washington DC" event, October 9-11, 1992.
An article from Southern Voice titled “Atlanta’s ACT UP won't die like D.C.’s,” June 10, 1993.
A poster distributed by ACT UP New York with the slogan “Silence=Death.”
An article about an interview with ACT UP founder Larry Kramer in Southern Voice, August 26, 1993.
An ACT UP poster with the question “How many of us will be alive for Stonewall 35?”
An ACT UP poster with the slogan “Dead women can't vote.”
An ACT UP “golden shaft” award for Thomas A. Coughlin, III, commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services.

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