Associated Press
Reginald Henry, 69, of Washington, D.C. receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Howard University this month. Black pastors have been called upon in the nation's capital to persuade their parishioners to get the vaccine.
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Persuading Blacks to get vaccine
Pastors used to sway them to trust shots
ASHRAF KHALIL and HILARY POWELL | Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Stately and deliberate, with a distinctive white streak in his black hair, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith started his Valentine's Day sermon at Shiloh Baptist Church by talking about love and vaccinations.