WORLD AIDS DAY: Remembering Black Celebrities We Lost

WORLD AIDS DAY: Remembering Black Celebrities We Lost

Today, December 1, marks World AIDS Day and the beginning of HIV Awareness Month. While this deadly epidemic continues to affect the entire world, it has hit especially hard in the Black community. According to the CDC’s 2019 reporting, 40% of people living with HIV in the U.S. are Black, despite making up only 13% of the U.S. population. With several factors playing into the disproportionate impact of HIV among Black Americans (racism, systemic…