New York (CNN) -- Something about the redness of the red ribbon continues to haunt me. I have had many dreams of it: one is a bonfire of ribbons. Red like blood, red like passion and anger, and red like love.
Twenty years. That's how long it has been since the Visual AIDS Artists' Caucus created what they called "The Ribbon Project." These New York City artists were compelled to collaboratively create a symbol that was easy to reproduce, that would be cheap, and that would make people think about AIDS.
Today we know their work simply as the Red Ribbon; an icon that became most poignant at the height of the AIDS crisis. More Read
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