However, even during the pandemic, African American COVID-19 patients are dying disproportionately. One study suggests that race is a major factor in COVID-19 treatment. The study found that Black patients with COVID-19 symptoms are tested far less than white patients.
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National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and numerous other Black Press of America newspaper publishers have expressed outrage over Floyd’s murder and concern about the rampant killings of African Americans at the hands of police and white supremacist vigilantes acting under color of law.
Statement from National Trust President Paul Edmondson On Death of George Floyd and the Aftermath
Recently, Melanie Campbell, President of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), joined other leaders of the nation’s key civil rights and racial justice organizations to issue a joint statement in response to the unrest ravaging America’s cities.
Today Project 21 members condemned the irrational, counterproductive and politically motivated nature of those rioting after the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Vigils and protests were organized in Minneapolis and around the United States to demand police accountability. But while investigators and officials called for patience, unrest boiled over. News reports soon carried images of property destruction and police in riot gear.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, River has been taking to his Instagram live to read his book to his 30,000 social media followers. Being, the young innovator, he is, River has conveyed to his following process of meditation. Also, he has shown social media how to assist with the stress of being homeschooled. All while growing the popularity for his book.
National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial, along with Urban League affiliate leaders from around the country, issued the following statement in response to…
As the U. S. House of Representatives awaits the political fate of another multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill, called the “Heroes Act”, Black Wealth 2020 (BW2020), a national catalyst for economic justice for African Americans, is pressing Congressional leaders to unify for equity for the millions of pandemic victims who have yet to receive it.
Police in Minnesota were being accused of killing an unarmed Black man after a viral video showed an officer pinning down a suspect as he repeated that he could not breathe. The Minneapolis Police Department was quick to announce that no weapons were involved in the man’s death it downplayed as a “medical incident,” but the video prompted speculation on social media of a brutality-induced “killing.”