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  Be Smart About HIV

  Poster that reads Be Smart About HIV. See your doctor about new treatment options. New research suggests reducing the amount of virus may help you live longer. National Minority AIDS Council. National Lesbian and Gay Health Association
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  Take the Test. Take Control

  Poster with of African American man. Text reads: Take the Test. Take Control. Knowing my HIV status helps me take care of myself and my community." National HIV Testing Day June 27.
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  Hazte La Prueba

  Poster in spanish. Text reads: Hazte La Prueba. Toma Control. Dia Nacional De La Prueba De VIH. 27 de Junio.
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  Take the Test

  Poster with image of an African American man. Text reads: Take the test. Take control. Taking an HIV test may not be easy, but it's worth it. National HIV Testing Day June 27.
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  National Conference on HIV and AIDS among Racial and Ethnic Populations in the United States

  Attendance sheet and introduction to the executive planning committee meeting of the Nation Conference on HIV and AIDS among Racial and Ethnic Populations in the United States. Appears to be the first page of a longer document.
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  At Risk: AIDS in the Black Community

  Account of the National Conference on AIDS in the Black Community, held in Washington, DC on July 18, 1986. Includes statistics about the disproportionate impact of HIV and AIDS on African Americans, as well as the role of IV drug use and heterosexual transmission in the AIDS epidemic within black communities. Sessions at the conference stressed the need for culturally competent AIDS education for black communities, the lack of representation in gay and black media outlets of the epidemic among African Americans, and the need for black churches to respond to the disease.
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  Photo: National Minority AIDS Council meets with Surgeon General Koop, July 18, 1986

  Photo taken by Jim Marks of members of the National Minority Council on AIDS taken with Surgeon General Everett C. Koop during the National Conference on AIDS in the Black Community, on July 18, 1986. Gil Gerald and others remember the meeting as "one of the milestones in organizing NMAC," although the group already appears to have been using that name at the time of the conference. The National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays organized the conference, along with NMAC and the National Conference of Black Mayors as co-sponsors, and with a grant from the U.S. Public Health Service. Pictured from left to right: Gil Gerald, Reverend Carl Bean, Frederick Garnett, Dr. C. Everett Koop, Suki Ports, Amanda Houston-Hamilton, Paul Kawata.