Posts tagged BLM

Vaccine Skepticism in Black Community Rooted in History. ‘We have been used as guinea pigs and lab rats,’ Clarksdale pastor says.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, communities of color have been ravaged disproportionately by the virus. And as the world celebrates the distribution of vaccines, these same communities who need them most are shying away from the cure.

Mississippi News, News, coronavirus, Coronavirus PandemicKatherine MitchellFebruary 22, 2021coronavirus vaccine, covid vaccine, covid-19, black community, communities of color, BIPOC, racism, capitol riot, Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, Henrietta Lack, HeLa cells, James Marion Sims, enslaved Africans, BLM

See the photo Emmett Till’s mother wanted you to see — the one that inspired a generation to join the civil rights movement.

Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, wanted the world to see “what they did to my baby.”