Boy with the Bullhorn : A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York /

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"A coming-of-age memoir of life on the frontlines of the AIDS Crisis with ACT UP New York. From the moment Ron Goldberg stumbled into his first ACT UP meeting in June 1987, the AIDS activist organization became his life. For the next eight years, he chaired committees, planned protests, led tea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Goldberg, Ron (Activist) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2022.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Goldberg, Ron > (Activist)
ACT UP New York (Organization) > History > 20th century.
AIDS (Disease) > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
AIDS activists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Part I: Becoming an activist
  • Awakening
  • First steps
  • Welcome to ACT UP
  • We are family
  • Part II: Expanding the agenda
  • ACT NOW and the nine days of rain
  • Taking actions
  • Summer awakening
  • Seize control of the FDA
  • Part III: Crashing through
  • Targeting city hall
  • Storming the ivory tower
  • Remember Stonewall was a riot
  • Parallel tracks
  • Heading inside
  • Stop the church
  • Part IV: The gorgeous mosaic
  • The Myers mess
  • Time's up, Mario!
  • Storm the NIH
  • Inside or out
  • Can the center hold?
  • Bombs are dropping
  • Part V: Days of desperation
  • Desperate measures
  • Splitting differences
  • Target Bush
  • Strategies and consequences
  • Part VI: AIDS Campaign '92
  • ACT UP/Petrelis
  • The in-your-face primary
  • Unconventional behavior
  • Vote as if your life depended on it
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index.

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