Black Mardi Gras society raising COVID-19 vaccine awareness during Mobile festivities
Updated Feb 14, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
Members of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association celebrate Carnival during a private event at their downtown Mobile headquarters on Feb. 14, 2021.
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TeNerah Rice was sickened with the coronavirus in July. Isadore Sims spent two weeks hospitalized with the deadly virus in October.
Together, the top two officials with Alabama’s largest Black Mardi Gras society are hopeful they can spread the message of vaccinating against the deadly virus this week. The Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association, an all-Black organization founded 82 years ago, is hosted the first of two membership parties on Sunday.