Portrait
Secret - Amon Peterson
Clip: 6/6/1991 | 6m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
He's a retired High School teacher who lives in Fergus Falls. 10 years ago he was...
He's a retired High School teacher who lives in Fergus Falls. 10 years ago he was diagnosed as HIV positive and since then, has become active in AIDS awareness education throughout the Midwest. Peterson explains how he didn't find out he had AIDS until about 5 years after contracting it. Fearful of losing his job, his son and his family, he kept it a secret for many years and during this...
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Portrait
Secret - Amon Peterson
Clip: 6/6/1991 | 6m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
He's a retired High School teacher who lives in Fergus Falls. 10 years ago he was diagnosed as HIV positive and since then, has become active in AIDS awareness education throughout the Midwest. Peterson explains how he didn't find out he had AIDS until about 5 years after contracting it. Fearful of losing his job, his son and his family, he kept it a secret for many years and during this...
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Clip: 6/6/1991 | 4m 28s | The broad range of social problems usually leaves people name calling Pearlstein... (4m 28s)
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Clip: 6/6/1991 | 3m 50s | All the things that Peterson worried about, from telling people, to dying, had never... (3m 50s)
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Clip: 6/6/1991 | 2m 41s | Peterson is glad that AIDS awareness is picking up, but sad it took so long... (2m 41s)
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