Urban, Bill, 1955-1992
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bill Urban and The Baltimore Alternative collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0036
Abstract
Bill Urban founded the Baltimore Alternative newspaper in 1986, committing the paper to extensive coverage of the AIDS epidemic, the Baltimore, Maryland LGBTQAI+ community, and to their civil and privacy rights. Urban was a prominent activist and educator who appeared on multiple news segments and before a multitude of audiences. Urban passed from complications related to AIDS in 1992.This collection, which dates from 1964 to 2000, contains photographs, letters and cards,...
Dates:
1964-2000
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- AIDS (Disease) 1
- AIDS (Disease) and mass media 1
- AIDS (Disease) and the arts 1
- AIDS activists 1
- Baltimore (Md.) 1