In this Book
- To Make the Wounded Whole: The African American Struggle against HIV/AIDS
- Book
- 2020
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Justice, Power, and Politics
summary
In the decades since it was identified in 1981, HIV/AIDS has devastated African American communities. Members of those communities mobilized to fight the epidemic and its consequences from the beginning of the AIDS activist movement. They struggled not only to overcome the stigma and denial surrounding a "white gay disease" in Black America, but also to bring resources to struggling communities that were often dismissed as too "hard to reach." To Make the Wounded Whole offers the first history of African American AIDS activism in all of its depth and breadth. Dan Royles introduces a diverse constellation of activists, including medical professionals, Black gay intellectuals, church pastors, Nation of Islam leaders, recovering drug users, and Black feminists who pursued a wide array of grassroots approaches to slow the epidemic's spread and address its impacts. Through interlinked stories from Philadelphia and Atlanta to South Africa and back again, Royles documents the diverse, creative, and global work of African American activists in the decades-long battle against HIV/AIDS.
Table of Contents
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- Conclusion: Generations of Activism
- pp. 235-238
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 239-244
- Bibliography
- pp. 297-316
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469659527
Related ISBN(s)
9781469659503, 9781469659510, 9781469661339, 9798890853417
MARC Record
OCLC
1176467984
Pages
332
Launched on MUSE
2020-07-27
Language
English
Open Access
No