To teach AIDS history to the COVID generation, here& #39;s a slide with some key moments in the biomedical history. Please feel free to use/repurpose....
And here& #39;s a slide with a few moments in the federal govt& #39;s political response (including the 1990 Ryan White law)
Students are often very interested in celebrities with HIV/AIDS (and surprised there weren& #39;t very many...). Here& #39;s that timeline again with the disclosures about Rock Hudson and Magic Johnson.
Magic Johnson& #39;s 1991 press conference is a great and very accessible primary source. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdOQUARrEU&t=2s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
There are of course many wonderful films about AIDS activism, foremost among them "United in Anger" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085974/">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2...
Marlon Riggs& #39;s 1989 film "Tongues Untied" is a gorgeous and powerful primary source https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103099/">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...