FIGHT AIDS!

Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS! This was the slogan for ACT UP, an activist organization that emerged in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic.

The group was loud, direct, and confrontational, and channeled its energy into winning access to treatment 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 groundbreaking protests of the 80s and 90s, Fight AIDS! is a gripping narrative of the AIDS epidemic. 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 U.S. history and an electrifying celebration of the power ordinary citizens have to enact meaningful change.

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 many national media outlets such as the Afro, the Los Angeles Times, and ESPN.