Four of the six suspects in the Dadeville mass shooting are from Tuskegee, something on the radar of both city and county leaders who are searching for solutions to youth violence.
The name “Tuskegee” comes from the Spanish “Tasquiqui” which came from the Muskogee word “Taskeke,” a name of a Creek settlement at this site, meaning “warriors.”
Religious leaders work to build trust in COVID-19 vaccine
Studies show many communities of color are distrustful of government, health institutions
Mar 31, 2021 10:47 PM EDT
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(ABC News) –Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rev. Paul Abernathy has been helping his Pennsylvania community navigate the virus’ devastating impact.
Now, as the end feels within reach, Abernathy has been preaching beyond the walls of St. Moses the Black Orthodox Church in Pittsburgh. He’s also by going door to door throughout the city to say a prayer for guidance and spread the gospel of health.
Abernathy and his team at the Neighborhood Resilience Project are trying to convince residents in the predominantly Black and underserved Hill District to get vaccinated.
In Tuskegee, Painful History Shadows Efforts To Vaccinate African Americans
A lingering mistrust of the medical system among many Black people is rooted in the infamous 20th century U.S. study of syphilis that left Black men in Tuskegee, Ala., to suffer from the disease.
February 21, 2021, 6:54 AM
A participant in the Tuskegee Study in the 1930s. A lingering mistrust of the medical system among many Black people is rooted in the infamous study.
A lingering mistrust of the medical system makes some Black Americans more hesitant to sign up for COVID-19 vaccines. It has played out in early data that show a stark disparity in whom is getting shots in this country more than 60% going to white people, and less than 6% to African Americans. The mistrust is rooted in history, including the infamous U.S. study of syphilis that left Black men in Tuskegee, Ala., to suffer from the disease.
A lingering mistrust of the medical system among many Black people is rooted in the infamous 20th century U.S. study of syphilis that left Black men in Tuskegee, Ala., to suffer from the disease.