NEW YORK-AUG 5: (L-R) Emily Aaron, Hank Aaron and wife Billye attend the premiere of Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” at the Ziegfeld Theatre on August 5, 2013 in New York City. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com/Debby Wong)
When baseball legend Hank Aaron died suddenly on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, some members of the Black community reacted with fear. Medical experts explained Aaron’s passing isn’t necessarily connected to him taking the coronavirus vaccine and hope it doesn’t deter minorities from getting inoculated.
African American luminaries such as Aaron, Ambassador Andrew Young, civil rights icon Xernona Clayton and others took the second novel coronavirus vaccine in a televised event at Atlanta University Center on Jan. 5.