Posts tagged John Mellencamp

January 25, 2010

Ryan White and His Legacy

Barred from school, Ryan White used the media attention his legal battles attracted to tackle the prejudice informing the public perception of HIV/AIDS.

A pop radio staple for three decades, Grammy-award winner John Mellencamp was officially inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2008. A native of the Jackson County town of Seymour, which would be immortalized as the “ Small Town” of his eponymous 1985 hit, Mellencamp took a two-year degree from Vincennes University and left for New York City in 1975.