Object Details
copyright holder
ACT UP
maker
The Silence = Death Project
ACT UP
Description
Activists directed much of their rage at the Reagan administration; the president remained largely silent about the epidemic until 1987 when he declared AIDS “public health enemy number one.” The SILENCE=DEATH emblem, adopted that same year by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), was a call to change tactics, since neither silence nor community self-reliance had stopped the deaths. The pink triangle was a symbol of the gay rights movement.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Avram Finkelstein
Date made
1987
ID Number
1988.0537.04
catalog number
1988.0537.04
accession number
1988.0537
Object Name
Poster
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
black; white; red (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 33 1/2 in x 22 in; 85.09 cm x 55.88 cm
See more items in
Political History: Political History, General History Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Princeton Posters
Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
HIV-AIDS
LGBTQ Rights
Subject
LGBTQ
Gay Rights
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1051178