11 Celebrities and Activists Leading The Fight Against AIDS In The Black Community And The World
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Marvelyn Brown
At the age of 19, Tennessee native Marvelyn Brown was a high school basketball and track star who suddenly found herself battling an unknown illness that doctors later found to be HIV. She contracted the disease from a man she was in a monogamous relationship with. Brown opened up to the world about her story in 2008 when her autobiography, The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive was published. Since her diagnosis, she has traveled around the U.S., Canada, Jamaica, Mexico South Africa and Rwanda and has spoken at over 100 colleges and universities nationwide about HIV/AIDS awareness. The 26-year-old is the CEO and an independent HIV consultant for Marvelous Connections.
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