Fight AIDS!
How Activism, Art, and Protest Changed the Course of a Deadly Epidemic and Reshaped a Nation
Published on 18. July 2025
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-324-05353-8 (ISBN)
Description
Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS!
This was the slogan for ACT UP-or AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power-an activist organisation that emerged in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The group was loud, direct, and confrontational as it fought for access to treatment, compassionate care and recognition for everyone with HIV and AIDS.
Tracing the history of the LGBTQ+ community from the Stonewall Riots and "gay liberation" movements to the ground-breaking protests of the 1980s and 1990s, Fight AIDS! is a gripping narrative of the AIDS epidemic for young readers, told through the lens of the activism it fostered. Focusing on the people most directly affected by the crisis and on the individuals who fought for justice, it is an intimate and humane account of one of the most devastating eras in United States history and an electrifying celebration of the power ordinary citizens have to enact meaningful change.
This was the slogan for ACT UP-or AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power-an activist organisation that emerged in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The group was loud, direct, and confrontational as it fought for access to treatment, compassionate care and recognition for everyone with HIV and AIDS.
Tracing the history of the LGBTQ+ community from the Stonewall Riots and "gay liberation" movements to the ground-breaking protests of the 1980s and 1990s, Fight AIDS! is a gripping narrative of the AIDS epidemic for young readers, told through the lens of the activism it fostered. Focusing on the people most directly affected by the crisis and on the individuals who fought for justice, it is an intimate and humane account of one of the most devastating eras in United States history and an electrifying celebration of the power ordinary citizens have to enact meaningful change.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: From Ninth Grade to Twelfth Grade, Interest Age: From 14 to 18 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
50 throughout
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-05353-8 (9781324053538)
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Michael G. Long
Fight AIDS!
How Activism, Art, and Protest Changed the Course of a Deadly Epidemic and Reshaped a Nation
E-Book
06/2025
Norton Children's Books
€18.49
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Michael G. Long is the author of several books on politics, nonviolent protests, and civil rights history. His commentary about civil rights has appeared in the Afro, the Los Angeles Times, and ESPN. He lives in Camp Hill, PA.