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The Ashes on the Lawn

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The AIDS Quilt: A Dark Reminder of AIDS and Its Victims

The AIDS quilt cracked open some political movement. The Ryan White Act provided $2 billion to sustain public health systems and hospitals across the country that were buckling from the weight of all of these dying people. "It was literally all of America saying, wake up, our sons are dying"

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