ACT UP Albany Action, May 1988

This demonstration by ACT UP in Albany, NY took place on May 7, 1988 and was part of the ACT NOW National Spring AIDS Actions. The following description of the event comes from Ron Goldberg’s ACT UP Timeline: ACT NOW National Spring AIDS Actions (aka “The Nine Days of Rain”) – AIDS organizations in over 50 cities participate in the first coordinated nation-wide AIDS activist event. The nine days of actions run from April 29-May 7. Each day has its own selected theme, highlighting specific AIDS-related issues. Groups are encouraged to participate in as many or as few of the days as they choose. ACT UP NY, being ACT UP NY, chooses to participate in them all. Day Nine: A National Day of Protest – Marches, rallies, and demonstrations at state capitals across the US Albany action – ACT UP joins with other NY State AIDS and LGBT groups to display a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, march through the streets of Albany, and then rally at the State Capitol Building. 600+ protestors gather to hear Vito Russo’s historic AIDS speech. 00:24- Frank Smithson 00:57- Peter Staley 01:03- Charlie Franchino (also 05:05, 08:41) 01:11- Leslie Gevirtz 01:13- Vito Russo (06:57) 01:18- Bob Lederer 01:26- Robert Garcia 01:50- Walter Armstrong 01:55- Costa Pappas 02:02- Stephen Gendin (09:19) 02:08- Jay Blotcher (02:46, 09:07) 02:10- Gerri Wells (09:15) 02:19- Dan Keith Williams, Ortez Alderson (04:26) 02:38- David Feinberg (06:26) 02:53- Charles Stimson (04:00) 03:39- Alan Klein (09:15) 03:49- Avram Finklestein 04:00- Frank Jump (08:28) 04:01- Eric Sawyer (04:14, 07:05) 04:14- David Falcone (09:41) 04:32- Gary Adler (04:52) 04:49- Michael Petrelis (07:28) 05:36- Jim Fouratt 05:39- SPREE (06:29) 05:43- Neil Broome (09:10) 05:58- David Kirschenbaum 06:03- Robert Vazquez-Pacheco 06:37- Marc Rubin 06:53- Barbara Smith 06:57- Vito Russo 07:19- Joyce Hunter 07:38- Jim Eigo, Russell Pritchard 08:25- Eliot Pilshaw 08:37- Steven Cordova 09:38- Marty Robinson 09:46- Michael Savino