Word: cicero
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ryan White became a symbol of the intolerance that is inflicted on AIDS victims. Once it became known that White, a hemophiliac, had contracted the disease from a tainted blood transfusion, school officials banned him from classes in Kokomo, Ind. His family moved to Cicero, Ind., where he lived until his death on April 8. Last week the Rev. Ray Probasco, a family friend, delivered the eulogy at White's funeral. Said he: "Not much was known about the disease back then. So very quickly a great deal of fear permeated Ryan's community. At first, Ryan and the disease...
Still, Eyes II is about as good as TV documentaries get. The old news footage, of course, is irresistible: scenes of marchers in Cicero, Ill., or crowds chanting "Free Huey!" recall the era as vividly as an LP of the Supremes' greatest hits. But the filmmakers have made unexpected finds as well, like rare glimpses of King's aides debating strategy before the 1968 Poor People's March on Washington. (King interrupted these planning sessions to travel to Memphis, where garbage men were on strike and where he would be assassinated...