Useful Resources
Since it's birth in March 1987 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in downtown Manhattan, the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power had grown to have thousands of members in more than 70 chapters in the U.S. and worldwide. ACT UP's non-violent direct action, often using vocal demonstrations and dramatic acts of civil disobedience, focuses attention on the crucial issues of the AIDS crisis. Here are some highlights of ACT UP's fight against AIDS.
https://actupny.org/documents/capsule-home.html
How Act Up Changed America
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/how-act-up-changed-america
ACT UP: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism https://www.npr.org/2021/06/16/1007361916/act-up-a-history-of-aids-hiv-activism
The ACT UP Oral History Project is an archive of 187 interviews with members of ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York.
https://actuporalhistory.org/
https://actupny.org/documents/capsule-home.html
How Act Up Changed America
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/how-act-up-changed-america
ACT UP: A History Of AIDS/HIV Activism https://www.npr.org/2021/06/16/1007361916/act-up-a-history-of-aids-hiv-activism
The ACT UP Oral History Project is an archive of 187 interviews with members of ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York.
https://actuporalhistory.org/
Primary Sources
Excerpt from a KPIX-TV special report from June 19th 1990 featuring a protest march through downtown San Francisco, ending at 630 Sansome Street, directing anger towards the Immigration National Service's (INS) practice of denying immigrants who are HIV-positive entrance to the United States.
https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/201722
An open letter to the River Expo Committee from ACT UP Atlanta published in Southern Voice, August 31, 1989
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/act-up-and-the-aids-crisis/sources/1258
A photograph of protesters being arrested at City Hall in New York during ACT UP’s second anniversary protest, March 28, 1989.
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/act-up-and-the-aids-crisis/sources/1260
A poster distributed by ACT UP New York with the slogan “Silence=Death.”
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/act-up-and-the-aids-crisis/sources/1263
act up documents
https://actupny.org/documents/documents.html
https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/201722
An open letter to the River Expo Committee from ACT UP Atlanta published in Southern Voice, August 31, 1989
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/act-up-and-the-aids-crisis/sources/1258
A photograph of protesters being arrested at City Hall in New York during ACT UP’s second anniversary protest, March 28, 1989.
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/act-up-and-the-aids-crisis/sources/1260
A poster distributed by ACT UP New York with the slogan “Silence=Death.”
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/act-up-and-the-aids-crisis/sources/1263
act up documents
https://actupny.org/documents/documents.html
Lessons
Why and how did activists respond to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s?
https://ucla.app.box.com/v/hgp-aids-crisis
Inquiry Question: Why and how Overview of Lesson
In this lesson, students will engage in the historical context of the AIDS crisis of the 1980sexploring a timeline of major events and government responses to understand reasons for anger and unrest in the LGBT community. After establishing historical context, students will analyze activist responses looking specifically at different goals and methods used by the activist organization ACT-‐UP/Los Angeles. Learning objectives for this lesson: a. Explore the reason(s) for outrage during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980sb. Analyze the goals of AIDS activism by examining ACT UP/LAc. Dissect the methods used by ACT UP/LA to advance their cause did activists respond to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s?
https://ucla.app.box.com/v/hgp-aids-crisis
Inquiry Question: Why and how Overview of Lesson
In this lesson, students will engage in the historical context of the AIDS crisis of the 1980sexploring a timeline of major events and government responses to understand reasons for anger and unrest in the LGBT community. After establishing historical context, students will analyze activist responses looking specifically at different goals and methods used by the activist organization ACT-‐UP/Los Angeles. Learning objectives for this lesson: a. Explore the reason(s) for outrage during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980sb. Analyze the goals of AIDS activism by examining ACT UP/LAc. Dissect the methods used by ACT UP/LA to advance their cause did activists respond to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s?