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Crossroads of a plague
The worst pandemic in a century has ravaged Newark and its Black community. It was a tragedy decades in the making.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020;
Published on Dec 10, 2020
Newark has suffered the most COVID-19 deaths and cases in New Jersey. Photo by Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media
The haunting stare was frozen on his daughter’s face.
Walter Andrews found her in the middle of the night, dazed and unseeing as she rocked back and forth on his living room floor.
“Tasha! Tasha!” he said in a loud whisper. But she merely groaned, continuing to gaze ahead vacantly. ....

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