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In the words of Jacksonâs granddaughter, Amber Holland, âShe was sadly mistaken.â
Jackson spent years calling to inquire about job openings, submitting applications and offering recommendations â all while working the assembly line at the former RCA Lancaster Tube Plant on New Holland Avenue. But there was one step in the application process that constantly caused her issues: the photograph.
When school officials noticed from her picture that she was a Black woman, theyâd reject her application, Holland said.
Eventually, Jackson took another approach. Every Friday, she spent the day sitting in the superintendentâs office, waiting for her opportunity to come. And, in 1961, it did.
Editor s note Feb. 10, 2021: After this report by LNP | LancasterOnline, UPMC said they submitted race data for 90% of the individuals they had administered vaccines to the state.
Incomplete COVID-19 racial and ethnic data may hinder health officials as they try to spot and react to inequities in vaccine distribution and education among Lancaster Countyâs minority communities, local leaders say.
On Friday, the state reported that 918,210 people received at least the first dose of the vaccines and of those 246,390 people had received both doses.
However, about 35% of race data for first doses and 41% of race data for second doses was listed as âunknown.â And about 40% of data for the ethnicity of those who have received first doses and 44% of those with second doses was also âunknown.â
Elected officials and community leaders in Lancaster County saluted President Joe Biden for using his inaugural address to call for unity and cooperation across ideological lines. But embracing Bidenâs message came with caveats, as both Republicans and Democrats outlined what they want to see from the new president.Â
For U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, heâs willing to work with the Biden administration and the Democratic congressional majorities âwhen we can agree on policies that will help my constituents and the American people,â according to a message posted to his official website on Wednesday.
In a separate email to his campaign supporters, Smucker made clear that he âwill not abandon our communityâs conservative values.â While he thanked former President Donald Trump for all his work, Smucker didnât lay out any details for what sort of issues heâs looking to partner on with Biden and other Democrats beside a commitment to âpro-gro
In Bishop Dwayne Royster’s mind, the old America has fallen. He said he watched it happen earlier this month when a crowd of mostly white people violently stormed the U.S.