AIDS Memorial Quilt, Narrated by Cleve Jones
Cleve Jones is a human rights advocate, author, and lecturer who joined the gay liberation movement in 1972, co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983, and founded the AIDS Memorial Quilt—one of the world’s largest community arts projects—in 1987.
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Unless otherwise noted, all images used in this video are in the public domain.
Personal photos provided courtesy of Cleve Jones.
ACT UP 30th Anniversary Closing Rally at Union Square Park between Broadway and East 17th Street, New York City, NY on Thursday afternoon, 30 March 2017 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography
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Cleve Jones is a national treasure. Check out his current project http://sevendaysinjune.org
I remember this quilt! It was dire times, sad beyond words! Many friends and family loss. The stigma was tremendous. Read "Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves" author Jonas Gardell and the movie Philadelphia touched my heart as well as I had just lost my best friend💔