Thread by @NCOBPSTweets, .......More information on Race, African Americans, and COVID-19. Data and Race

.......More information on Race, African Americans, and COVID-19.

Data and Race - https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate/amp?__twitter_impression=true. 1/

Public Housing and COVID-19
https://www.essence.com/amp/feature/public-housing-covid-19-coronavirus/?__twitter_impression=true. 2/

Michigan - https://thegrio.com/2020/04/03/michigan-black-residents-coronavirus/. 3/

Michigan's Black residents disproportionately impacted by coronavirus

Black people make up just 12 percent of Michigan’s total population, yet accounted for 40 percent of the state’s 417 COVID-19 deaths as of Thursday.

https://thegrio.com/2020/04/03/michigan-black-residents-coronavirus/

Albany, GA - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/us/coronavirus-funeral-albany-georgia.html. 4/

Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus ‘Hit Like a Bomb’

A mourner came to Albany, Ga., to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. After a pause while the infections incubated, the virus swept through the community.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/us/coronavirus-funeral-albany-georgia.html

Racial Disparities - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/how-racial-health-disparities-will-play-out-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic.amp?__twitter_impression=true. 5/

How Racial Health Disparities Will Play Out in the Coronavirus Pandemic

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/how-racial-health-disparities-will-play-out-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Illinois - https://chicagocrusader.com/at-least-848-blacks-in-illinois-have-covid-19/. 6/

National Medical Association - http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/apr/02/covid-19-and-black-people. 7/

COVID-19 and Black people

It is often stated in the Black community: “when the country gets a cold, we get pneumonia.”

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/apr/02/covid-19-and-black-people

Blacks and Pandemic Disease - https://www.aaihs.org/racializeddiseaseandpandemic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=racializeddiseaseandpandemic. 8/

New Jersey - https://www.trentonian.com/news/black-people-and-latinos-will-die-from-coronavirus-l-a-parker-column/article_7a0bce82-7293-11ea-8c76-936714719033.html. 9/

Black people and Latinos will die from Coronavirus (L.A. PARKER COLUMN)

Black people don’t get Coronavirus.

https://www.trentonian.com/news/black-people-and-latinos-will-die-from-coronavirus-l-a-parker-column/article_7a0bce82-7293-11ea-8c76-936714719033.html

National Urban League's Response - https://www.miamitimesonline.com/business/blacks-crisis-and-economics-during-coronavirus-pandemic/article_e42c849e-7420-11ea-bd41-735dbd2c4ef4.html. 10/

Blacks, crisis and economics during coronavirus pandemic

Far too many African Americans still struggle to lead healthy and economically secure lives. This is due to the long-standing effects of racism, which touches all African Americans, regardless of

https://www.miamitimesonline.com/business/blacks-crisis-and-economics-during-coronavirus-pandemic/article_e42c849e-7420-11ea-bd41-735dbd2c4ef4.html

Black Family Summit Emergency Response Initiative - https://www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/news/black-family-summit-launches-emergency-response-to-coronavirus.html. 11/

Racial Time Bomb and COVID-19 - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/coronavirus-black-people.html. 12/

Opinion | The Racial Time Bomb in the Covid-19 Crisis

Pre-existing health conditions leave one group particularly vulnerable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/coronavirus-black-people.html

Black Press/Task Force and Resource Center - https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2020/03/25/black-press-establishes-coronavirus-pandemic-task-force-and-resource-center/. 13/

Black Press Establishes Coronavirus Pandemic Task Force and Resource Center

https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2020/03/25/black-press-establishes-coronavirus-pandemic-task-force-and-resource-center/

Concerns and Contradictions - https://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/Health_amp_Fitness_11/Coronavirus-concerns-and-contradictions.shtml. 14/

Tennessee - https://wpln.org/post/racial-disparities-emerge-in-tennessees-testing-for-covid-19/. 15/

Racial Disparities Emerge In Tennessee’s Testing For COVID-19 | WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio

The coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But some physicians say the public health response is already showing familiar patterns of racial and economic bias. Meharry Medical College is staffing some...

https://wpln.org/post/racial-disparities-emerge-in-tennessees-testing-for-covid-19/

Milwaukee - https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/04/03/african-americans-milwaukee-hit-hard-coronavirus/5111950002/. 16/

'A perfect storm': African Americans in Milwaukee, already facing health disparities, hit hard by...

Of the 25 people confirmed to have died from complications of COVID-19 in Milwaukee County as of late Friday morning, 20 have been African American.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/04/03/african-americans-milwaukee-hit-hard-coronavirus/5111950002/

Right to vote - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/how-protect-2020-vote-coronavirus. 17/

How to Protect the 2020 Vote from the Coronavirus

The Brennan Center's plan to ensure that the 2020 election is free, fair, accessible, and secure

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/how-protect-2020-vote-coronavirus

Vote-By-Mail - https://latino.ucla.edu/votingrights/vote-by-mail/. 18/

The UCLA Voting Rights Project | Active Projects | UCLA LPPI

https://latino.ucla.edu/votingrights/vote-by-mail/

NAACP Resource Guide - https://naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ten-Equity-Considerations-of-the-Coronavirus-COVID-19-Outbreak-in-the-United-States_Version-2.pdf. 19/

Ohio, COVID-19, & Voting - https://topclassactions.com/coronavirus-covid-19/voting-groups-say-ohio-coronavirus-law-is-unfair/. 20/

Voting Groups Say Ohio Coronavirus Law Is Unfair | Top Class Actions

Ohio faces a lawsuit that claims the state's new law allowing voting only by mail is not fair and may disenfranchise many voters from casting their ballots.

https://topclassactions.com/coronavirus-covid-19/voting-groups-say-ohio-coronavirus-law-is-unfair/

CBC Townhall - https://lasentinel.net/congressional-black-caucus-holds-coronavirus-town-hall-addressing-covid-19s-impact-on-black-americans.html. 21/

Congressional Black Caucus Holds Coronavirus Town Hall Addressing COVID-19’s Impact On Black...

Leaders in the Black community are pivoting to digital and sustaining their position on the frontlines during this global pandemic. Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) hosted countless a tele-townhall...

https://lasentinel.net/congressional-black-caucus-holds-coronavirus-town-hall-addressing-covid-19s-impact-on-black-americans.html

College Graduation - https://theundefeated.com/features/coronavirus-robbed-me-my-family-and-others-of-our-special-graduation-moments/. 22/

Coronavirus robbed me, my family and others of our special graduation moments

Senior year is a year of accomplishment, excitement and pride. It is the final countdown after spending years in the educational system, and at the end of it st…

https://theundefeated.com/features/coronavirus-robbed-me-my-family-and-others-of-our-special-graduation-moments/

Charlotte, NC -
https://www.wxii12.com/article/charlotte-coronavirus-disproportionately-black-residents/32012148#. 23/23

Data: Coronavirus disproportionately affecting black residents of Charlotte

African Americans in Charlotte are being disproportionately affected by COVID-19, according to data released by local health officials.

https://www.wxii12.com/article/charlotte-coronavirus-disproportionately-black-residents/32012148#

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