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The White House announced Wednesday morning that Dr. James Hildreth, president of Nashville s Meharry Medical College, will join the Biden administration s 12-member Health Equity Task Force.
The Harvard alum and infectious disease expert has been at the forefront of Nashville s COVID-19 response in recent months. As the President of a historically Black medical school that was founded to eradicate health disparities between majority and minority communities, this work is a focus for me and my institution, says Dr. Hildreth in a statement. I am committed to working with our national leadership to develop cohesive plans that will address these silent killers illnesses like COVID-19 that impact our most vulnerable populations at alarming rates.
HUNTINGTON â When Betty Jane Cleckley graduated from Douglass High School in Huntington, she had to leave the city to further her education because Marshall University was still segregated.
So she left. She earned a bachelorâs degree from Marquette University in 1958 and then a masterâs degree in social work from Smith College. She was awarded a doctorate from Brandeis University and followed that up with a postdoctoral certificate in higher education management from Harvard University.
In 1989, she came home after being hired at the university she could not attend. Shortly after, she worked hard and fought hard to establish the Office of Multicultural Affairs, now called Intercultural Affairs, but is still creating diversity on campus and providing a home away from home for minority students.
Relatives and relative strangers. A vicious virus united us with a prevailing sense of loss. It got to the point when we cringed every time the phone rang or we turned on the television, fearing that there would be news of yet another person passing away. This year has seen the deaths of legends and loved ones alike. Many across the country, and close to home, were claimed by COVID-19, while others succumbed to the ravages of illness or time. Others were children who barely had time to make their marks in this world.
As a rough year ends, The Sacramento OBSERVER takes a minute to reflect and acknowledge some of the many Blacks who died in 2020. They are gone, but not forgotten.
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