Coretta King's Thread of Hope: Speaking Out on AIDS, Blacks

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Coretta King's Thread of Hope: Speaking Out on AIDS, Blacks

USA Today (10/19/99) P. 9D
Sternberg, Steve

Coretta Scott King, the civil rights activist and widow of Martin Luther King Jr., spoke recently at the beginning of a major AIDS prevention effort taking place at historically African American colleges throughout the country. The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the focus of the prevention effort, which will focus on the AIDS epidemic among African Americans, who account for almost half of new HIV infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. King wants to start communities talking about HIV in order to stop its deadly progression, noting that anyone can get the disease. The quilt, which features panels for more than 83,000 people who have died from AIDS, will be displayed Wednesday at the Atlanta University Complex and will then travel throughout the country over the next several months.

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