ACT UP Infiltrates the NYSE (1989)
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On September 14th, 1989 a large rally was planned at the New York Stock Exchange, like many others that ACT UP had planned before. While hundreds rallied outside the NYSE, a small group of organizers infiltrated the building to protest the price of a medicine that was new at the time for HIV/AIDS, azidothymidine (AZT). For the first time in history, the opening bell was disrupted[1].
Sources
- NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, "ACT UP Demonstration at the New York Stock Exchange"
