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HIV/AIDS is deeply impacting Black communities.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that African-Americans account for nearly 50% of all AIDS-related deaths in the U.S. by 1998, making them 10 times more likely to die of the disease than white people.

In the same year, Black community leaders work with the Congressional Black Congress to declare a "state of emergency" and launch an initiative to fund HIV prevention in Black communities.