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The History Of ACT UP's Iconic "Silence = Death" Artwork: WATCH

Meet Avrim Finkelstein, one of the men behind the iconic "Silence =Death" artwork adopted by the AIDS advocacy group, ACT UP, in the 1980s. The Brooklyn-based artist was one of the founding members of the collective that created the artwork and he shares his story in an interview with blogger Mark S. King of My Fabulous Disease.

The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power was founded by Larry Kramer after his resignation from the Gay Men's Health Crisis, — as depicted in the HBO film The Normal Heart — as an organization dedicated to political action.

"'Silence=Death' was the result of six men who felt completely alone,"  Finkelstein recalls. In honor of National HIV Testing Day, or just to learn a little bit of the history behinds AIDS activism, check out Finkelstein's account of the origin of the artwork below:

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