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In Chillicothe, Ohio, one pastor offers rogue services for friends and loved ones of those who died of drug overdoses, gifting them the ability to grieve

Protesters feigned mass death to shock and shame government, industry and the media into finally addressing the lethal disease.

In the lengthy Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993, author Sarah Schulman documents and analyzes the ideals, actions, successes and failures of the people who made up the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power.

Services started to catch us and they arrested us. >> when the pope announces his retirement in february, 2013, femin activists celebrate by scandalizing visitors at historic cathedral of notre dame in paris. >> for me, it was one of our most successful action. you need to shock people and video, they are viral. the video, and the pictures, they are everywhere now. >> for us its more important to have five cameras around than 50 people, because we know that behind each of the camera, there are a...

>> all of us who were ashes bearers, were carrying the ashes of loved ones, of people we knew well. we had grandmothers show up with the ashes from her grandson from the midwest. you know, who read in the paper, you know, that this action was going to happen, and, you know, got on a bus to bring her grandsons ashes there. >> we just made a huge wedge. we kind of locked or arms together so it would be hard to pull us apart. we just kind of, like, moved in through the police so we created this fun...

I deserve to live just as much as you do. >> actups success at not only defying authority, but creating revolutionary results, was the fact that we didnt simply get angry and shout in the streets. >> we did change the way the media talked about aids. we demanded the right to be able to live. and we fought like hell for action to happen to save our lives. coming up, a journalist puts his life in jeopardy to report from one of the most dangerous places on earth. when "caught on camera: defiance"...

And bone fragments. youre looking at bone fragments of people. people you knew. >> we are gathered here today to pay our last respects to the bush administration. >> i think the ashes action was kind of drawing a line in the sand and saying, we arent going to take it anymore. you know, we are bringing our dead to your door, and you had better start doing something to stop the dying, or, you know, you literally are going to be walking on bodies. >> shame, shame, shame, shame. >> it was the most e...

Leper. i have a virus. i deserve to live just as much as you do. >> actups success at not only defying authority, but creating revolutionary results, was the fact that we didnt simply get angry and shout in the streets. >> we did change the way the media talked about aids. we demanded the right to be able to live. and we fought like hell for action to happen to save our lives. coming up, a journalist puts his life in jeopardy to report from one of the most dangerous places on earth. when "caug...

>> reagan and bush did nothing at all. >> all of us who were ashes bearers, were carrying the ashes of loved ones, of people we knew well. we had grandmothers show up with the ashes from her grandson from the midwest. you know, who read in the paper, you know, that this action was going to happen, and, you know, got on a bus to bring her grandsons ashes there. >> we just made a huge wedge. we kind of locked or arms together so it would be hard to pull us apart. we just kind of, like, moved in th...