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AIDS and the Black Poor
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
04 Feb 2019
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“Black men are still dying of AIDS” in disproportionate numbers for lack of access to life-saving drugs, said Darius Bost, professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah and author of the book, “Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Renaissance and the Politics of Violence.” Bost disputes the view that the AIDS crisis is over.

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