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LOS ANGLES TIMES, Oct. 12, 1987
* Second National March on Washington for for Lesbian and Gay Rights
* First display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
* Organized by AIDS and LGBT rights activist Cleve Jones
The front page has a two column heading: "200,000 Call for More AIDS Research Funds" with subhead and photo showing the crowd examining the AIDS Memorial Quilt. (see images) More inside.
Complete with all major sections (70+ pages), very nice condition.
background: On October 11, 1987, a historic demonstration took place in Washington, D.C., as part of the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, bringing together hundreds of thousands of activists, allies, and families to demand LGBTQ+ equality and urgent government action on the escalating AIDS crisis, which the Reagan administration had largely ignored; a defining feature of the day was the first public display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, conceived by activist Cleve Jones, which at that time consisted of approximately 1,920 panels, each measuring 3 × 6 feet and commemorating individuals who had died of AIDS, stitched together to form a tapestry so vast it covered more than a football field, and ceremonially unfurled at dawn on the National Mall, where volunteers, friends, and families read the names aloud, transforming abstract statistics into visible, deeply personal grief and making the human toll of the epidemic undeniable to the public and media alike; this dual demonstration of mass protest and memorialization not only drew national attention to the AIDS epidemic but also helped lay the groundwork for National Coming Out Day, celebrated each October 11th, and solidified the quilt’s enduring role as both a memorial and a tool of public advocacy, turning mourning into a visible, political, and profoundly human statement that reverberated throughout the country.
October 12, 1987
LOS ANGLES TIMES, Oct. 12, 1987
* Second National March on Washington for for Lesbian and Gay Rights
* First display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
* Organized by AIDS and LGBT rights activist Cleve Jones
The front page has a two column heading: "200,000 Call for More AIDS Research Funds" with subhead and photo showing the crowd examining the AIDS Memorial Quilt. (see images) More inside.
Complete with all major sections (70+ pages), very nice condition.
background: On October 11, 1987, a historic demonstration took place in Washington, D.C., as part of the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, bringing together hundreds of thousands of activists, allies, and families to demand LGBTQ+ equality and urgent government action on the escalating AIDS crisis, which the Reagan administration had largely ignored; a defining feature of the day was the first public display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, conceived by activist Cleve Jones, which at that time consisted of approximately 1,920 panels, each measuring 3 × 6 feet and commemorating individuals who had died of AIDS, stitched together to form a tapestry so vast it covered more than a football field, and ceremonially unfurled at dawn on the National Mall, where volunteers, friends, and families read the names aloud, transforming abstract statistics into visible, deeply personal grief and making the human toll of the epidemic undeniable to the public and media alike; this dual demonstration of mass protest and memorialization not only drew national attention to the AIDS epidemic but also helped lay the groundwork for National Coming Out Day, celebrated each October 11th, and solidified the quilt’s enduring role as both a memorial and a tool of public advocacy, turning mourning into a visible, political, and profoundly human statement that reverberated throughout the country.
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