At 78, Howard Croft was part of a generation of heroes who risked their lives to challenge segregation. The Black civil rights activist’s death from covid-19 has left his family and D.C. community reeling.
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In the nation s capital, Black families reel from the pain of hundreds lost to covid-19, killings
Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post
Dec. 30, 2020
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1of9People prepare on July 7, 2020, to march on the street where Davon McNeal, 11, was fatally shot by a stray bullet after a July 4 cookout organized by his mother, a violence interrupter trying to persuade the Washington, D.C., community to put down their firearms.Washington Post photo by Jahi ChikwendiuShow MoreShow Less
2of9Medical workers arrive Dec. 22, 2020, in the Carver-Langston neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., which has been hit hard by covid and gun violence.Washington Post photo by Jahi ChikwendiuShow MoreShow Less