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jones at the 81st academy awards west lafayette , indiana , u.s. 11 october 1954 names project aids memorial quilt cleve jones.jpg cleve jones
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cleve jones

cleve jones -lrb- born october 11 , 1954 -rrb- is an american aids and lgbt rights activist .
he conceived of the names project aids memorial quilt which has become , at 54 tons , the world 's largest piece of community folk art as of 2009 .
in 1983 , at the onset of the aids pandemic jones co-founded the san francisco aids foundation which has grown into one of the largest and most influential people with aids advocacy organizations in the united states .
