CELEBRITY HEROES IN THE AIDS FIGHT
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Julian Bond, NAACP chairman and a scholar
"The face of AIDS in the United States is primarily Black," says the long-suffering civil rights leader who is one 10 people being honored by the Black AIDS Institute this month. "The majority of new HIVinfections here are Black; the majority of people who die from AIDS here are Black; and thepeople most at risk of contracting this virus in the United States are Black. AIDS is now inour house. It’s now our problem.”
Washington Post Op Ed Aug. 14, 2006