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Thirteen-year-old Ryan White was barred from attending middle school after learning he had contracted AIDS during treatment for hemophilia. Ryan sits in his room at home July 31, 1985.
AP-Photo/DA/Str/Doug AtkinsINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new book on the life of Ryan White is set for release nearly a nearly a quarter-century after the death of the Indiana teenager who became an early face of the AIDS epidemic.
The Indiana Historical Society will host a book launch event April 1 for its new book, "The Quiet Hero: A Life of Ryan White," written by Nelson Price.
White's mother, Jeanne White-Ginder, and Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis, who had befriended White, will attend that downtown Indianapolis event.
White became a national figure during the AIDS scare of the 1980s after suing his Howard County school district for the right to attend classes.
He developed AIDS after receiving a tainted blood transfusion to treat his hemophilia. White died on April 8, 1990, at age 18.
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