Season 1, Episode 5 - Coping, Questioning, and Caring: The Work of Roy Hayes in a Larger Historical Context

10/12/2020 33 min Temporada 1 Episodio 5
Season 1, Episode 5 - Coping, Questioning, and Caring: The Work of Roy Hayes in a Larger Historical Context

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In this episode of "The Other Streets of Philadelphia" we follow Roy Hayes, an advocate for intravenous drug users and people with AIDS. He was a major part of Aids Advocacy groupssuch as Act Up Philadelphia and We the People. We share his words on addiction, police brutality, housing insecurity, activism, and even more. As the title of our podcast suggests, we attempt to put Roy Hayes’ Oral History Testimony that was submitted to the John J Wilcox Jr. Archive into a larger historical context. It is well paired with our Hosts Violet and Fidel, as well as clips from their interview with Archivist John Anderies. Roy Hayes’ oral history, / leads our host on a journey through the historical record surrounding People with Aids, specifically those who contracted the disease due to drug use. Utilizing a variety of sources, stretching from those in recovery, to studies of housing insecurity, our hosts make an attempt to contextualize the experiences of Roy Hayes during the continuing Aids Pandemic.Timecode Guide:Introduction Segment 00:00 - 05:27Host Introduction 05:31 - 08:12Section One: Roy Hayes 08:13 - 17:31Segment Two: Policing and Housing Insecurity 17:35 - 23:28Segment Three: Archival Silence 23:30 - 29:09Concluding Segment 29:10 - 33:06For Show NotesFor Transcript

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