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Volume 54 - No.13: September 18th-September 25th, 2020
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Black Newborns Die More When Looked After By White Doctors George Mason University analyzed data capturing 1.8 million hospital births By Amanda Arnold @aMandolinz In the United States, race is a disturbing factor in infant-mortality rates: Research shows that Black newborns are three times as likely to die as their white counterparts. But according to a sweeping study published earlier this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the race of the mother’s doctor could also have a bearing on her child’s survival. Motivated by recent research which suggests that common race between a patient and doctor can be beneficial to patients, a team of researchers from George Mason University, the University of Minnesota, (Continued on page A2) and Harvard University turned their focus on childbirth — a clinical
Florida Couple’s Home was appraised 40% higher after removing Black relatives’ photos MLK mural unveiled at King Elementary Summer GastonGehris, Principal, Martin Luther King Elementary
Local artist Jason Esquivel has created a mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the east wall of King Elementary School. District and school leaders unveiled the mural during a small ceremony. Speakers included Superintendent Bob Nelson and board president Keshia Thomas. King’s first grade team suggested a mural
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By Aris Folley up about the experience in A mixed-race couple in an interview with The New Florida whose home in York Times this week, sevJacksonville had initially eral months after Horton’s tudy ays been valued by an appraiser Facebook post detailing the at $330,000 back in June episode went viral. said the same residence was Horton told that paper that valued at more than 40 per- she and her husband initialcent higher at a second ap- ly expected the home to be praisal after they removed valued at roughly $450,000 By Associated Press A new report underscores that kids can images of their Black family when they had met with Children who caught the Coronavirus at bring the new Coronavirus home from day members. the appraiser in June. Acday cares and a day camp spread it to their care and infect relatives. One infectious Abena Horton, who is cording to the Times, a relatives, according to a new report that diseases researcher says the study defini- Black, and her husband, number of the homes in underscores that kids can bring the germ tively shows the potential for transmission Alex, who is white, opened the area can sell for at least home and infect others. (Continued on page B2) (Continued on page B2)
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Kids Infected At Day Care Spread Coronavirus At Home
90 Acres In Georgia Purchased As Safe City For Blacks “Being able to create a community that is thriving, that is safe, that has agriculture and commercial businesses that are supporting one another and that dollars circulating in our community, that is our vision.” A safe space The unrest that took hold of (Continued on Page A7)
Land purchased by the Freedom Georgia Initiative in Wilkinson County, Georgia.
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particular,” Scott says. The land sits just East of Macon in rural Wilkinson County, Georgia. Scott and her friend, investor and entrepreneur Renee Walters, didn’t initially plan on buying a large plot of land, but they had a vision that was clear -to create a safe space for their Black families.
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By Pamela Kirkland, CNN Welcome to Freedom!” exclaims real estate agent Ashley Scott as she surveys the nearly 97 acres of land that she and a group of 19 Black families purchased in August. “I’m hoping that it will be a thriving safe haven for people of color, for Black families in
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