Set in the 1980s against a backdrop of the AIDS crisis, deindustrialization and the Reagan era, this book highlights AIDS patient Ryan White and his brave fight against intolerance in his hometown of Kokomo, Indiana, while Continental Steel, one of the town's largest employers, filed for bankruptcy, raising the stakes of the fight for the city's livelihood and national image. People in the heartland endured layoffs, coped with a lethal new disease and discovered a legacy of toxic waste. Some 30 years after Ryan White's death, this book offers a full accounting of what one city reckoned with during this tumultuous period.
Set in the 1980s against a backdrop of the AIDS crisis, deindustrialization and the Reagan era, this book highlights AIDS patient Ryan White and his brave fight against intolerance in his hometown of Kokomo, Indiana, while Continental Steel, one of the town's largest employers, filed for bankruptcy, raising the stakes of the fight for the city's livelihood and national image. People in the heartland endured layoffs, coped with a lethal new disease and discovered a legacy of toxic waste. Some 30 years after Ryan White's death, this book offers a full accounting of what one city reckoned with during this tumultuous period.
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