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Cleve Jones talks about the NAMES Project Foundation and AIDS quilt

BROADCAST: Sep. 7, 1988 | DURATION: 00:32:03

Synopsis

Cleve Jones talks about the AIDS quilt (NAMES project) that he started, the politics surrounding treating AIDS, and the compassionate feelings that the quilt engenders (compared to American barn raisings). There is a postscript with Mike Savage from Dignity Chicago, a lesbian and gay Catholic organization.

Details

Broadcast Date
Sep. 7, 1988

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
32 minutes, 3 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

LGBTQ Culture & Rights Community Activism & Social Reform

People

Social Reformers

Tags

Jones, Cleve--Interviews NAMES Project Foundation NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Gay rights AIDS activists--United States--20th century--Interviews Political activists--United States--20th century--Interviews Audiotapes. Radio programs. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Dignity Chicago Human immunodeficiency virus AIDS in the United States Schilts, Randy Milk, Harvey Reagan, Ronald Cohn, Roy M. Moscone, George, 1929-1978 Stonewall riots

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