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The governor says “special efforts” are being made to reach Black New Yorkers, but is enough being done?

Minorities are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus.

Black History From the Year You Were Born By Niesha Davis, Stacker News On 2/9/21 at 6:30 PM EST Each February, Black History Month is dedicated to celebrating the achievements, and reflecting on the experiences, of African Americans. What began as a week in 1926 has blossomed into 28 days of remembrance and lessons on the contributions of Black Americans. Many Black Americans come from a lineage of captured and enslaved people who were forcibly brought to the U.S. to build the culture and infrastructure of a place in which they never asked to live. Forced immigration and centuries of cult...

A decades-long mistreatment of Black people at the hands of doctors and the federal government have led to distrust that lingers today

Close Marshall University head football coach Charles Huff shared this photo of himself getting the COVID-19 vaccine from Dr. Sherri Young, health officer and executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, during a clinic Jan. 29. Huff will discuss his experience during a virtual panel on health care and Black Americans at 4 p.m. Wednesday.  Photo via Charles C. Huff on Twitter The Herald-Dispatch