Thread by @timothysw, To teach AIDS history to the COVID generation, here's a slide with [...]

To teach AIDS history to the COVID generation, here's a slide with some key moments in the biomedical history. Please feel free to use/repurpose....

And here's a slide with a few moments in the federal govt's political response (including the 1990 Ryan White law)

Students are often very interested in celebrities with HIV/AIDS (and surprised there weren't very many...). Here's that timeline again with the disclosures about Rock Hudson and Magic Johnson.

Magic Johnson's 1991 press conference is a great and very accessible primary source.

There are of course many wonderful films about AIDS activism, foremost among them "United in Anger" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085974/

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (Video 2012) - IMDb

Directed by Jim Hubbard. With David Barr, Ken Bing, Gregg Bordowitz, Jim Eigo. United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085974/

Marlon Riggs's 1989 film "Tongues Untied" is a gorgeous and powerful primary source https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103099/

Tongues Untied (1989) - IMDb

Directed by Marlon Riggs. With Marlon Riggs, Michael Bell, Kerrigan Black, Blackberri. A documentary about the experiences of black homosexual men living in the United States of America.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103099/

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