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We Didn’t Think We Could Get AIDS, Health Education Resource Organization, 1988

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We Didn’t Think We Could Get AIDS, Health Education Resource Organization, 1988

This sobering statistic from 1987 offered one local example of the disproportionate affect AIDS had on black communities. In 2012, AIDS was the primary killer of African Americans aged 19 to 44.
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