AIDS Memorial Quilt
Coverage of AIDS Memorial Quilt in the Nexus archive.
- From taekwondo champion to AIDS activist: DC’s Bishop Rainey Cheeks dies at 74
Bishop Kwabena Albert “Rainey” Cheeks died at age 74 from complications related to a kidney transplant and cancer. He was a taekwondo champion, minister, and longtime HIV/AIDS activist who helped create gathering spaces for Black gay Washingtonians. Cheeks founded Inner Light Ministries and spent decades advocating for people living with HIV and AIDS.
- The AIDS Memorial Quilt made a fearful epidemic powerfully human
The AIDS Memorial Quilt, created by Cleve Jones, is the largest communal art project in the world, commemorating those lost to AIDS through over 50,000 handmade panels. It began in 1987 to humanize the epidemic, which faced stigma and inadequate government response, and has grown to cover a mile-long stretch on the National Mall.
- $3 million grant gives boost to National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park
A nearly $3 million grant is supporting the preservation of the National AIDS Memorial Grove and the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The funding aims to protect the sites and the stories associated with them.