Rick Rapaport Helped Build Pride at MSU—Then AIDS Took His Life

Forty years after he became one of the area's first AIDS deaths, Rick Rapaport's impact on the community remains.

Rick Rapaport Helped Build Pride at MSU—Then AIDS Took His Life
Rick Rapaport shortly before he died in 1985. Rapaport was a force for change in the Lansing area before he was lost to AIDS at 31 years old. (Courtesy photo)