Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : AIDS Protest at White House Gates
About 90 members of the militant AIDS group ACT-UP chained and padlocked themselves to the White House gates and called for President Bush to exert more leadership toward finding a cure for the disease. Most of the demonstrators were arrested. They were among about 750 AIDS activists who marched through downtown Washington, led by Jeanne White, mother of Ryan White, the Indiana boy who became a symbol of children with AIDS before he died in 1990. “I’m tired of not seeing anything done,” White said. “All we want is for Bush to lead.”
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