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29June8:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
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30JuneAll Day
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01JulyAll Day
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02JulyAll Day
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03JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
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04JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
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05JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
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06JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
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07JulyAll Day
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08JulyAll Day
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09JulyAll Day
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10JulyAll Day
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11JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum11JulyBlack Arts Festival – Denver
City Park, Festival Grounds11JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
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12JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum12JulyBlack Arts Festival – Denver
City Park, Festival Grounds12JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI12JulyCopy of NAACP National Convention 2025
Charlotte Convention Center -
13JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum13JulyBlack Arts Festival – Denver
City Park, Festival Grounds13JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI13JulyCopy of NAACP National Convention 2025
Charlotte Convention Center -
14JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum14JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI14JulyCopy of NAACP National Convention 2025
Charlotte Convention Center -
15JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum15JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI15JulyCopy of NAACP National Convention 2025
Charlotte Convention Center -
16JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum16JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI16JulyCopy of NAACP National Convention 2025
Charlotte Convention Center -
17JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum17JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
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18JulyAll Day
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19JulyAll Day
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20July20JulyAll Day
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21July21JulyAll Day
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22July22JulyAll Day
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23July23JulyAll Day
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24July24JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum24JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI24JulyABHM Book Club: Malcolm Lives by Ibram X Kendi
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25July25JulyAll Day
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26July26July26JulyAll Day
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27July27JulyAll Day
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28July28JulyAll Day
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29July29JulyAll Day
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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum29JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
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30July30JulyAll Day
Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum30JulyABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI30July5:00 PM - 10:00 PMSoul Unplugged Downtown – All White Tribute To Frankie Beverly & Maze
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31July31JulyAll Day
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01August01AugustAll Day
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02August
Celebrate Bronzeville Week
Bronzeville, Milwaukee02August02AugustAll DaySailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum02AugustABHM: Summer Tour Discounts
ABHM in Milwaukee, WI02August
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A coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 caused the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in China before spreading worldwide in 2020. This global pandemic was not equally destructive, however. The virus itself was more harmful to elderly people and those with pre-existing health conditions. However, economic and racial inequalities prevented some people from accessing necessary screening, treatment, or vaccines or following medical advice such as social distancing or quarantining. Medical racism also played a role during COVID-19, and some Black patients formed support groups after the medical system ignored them. The pandemic also highlighted how some medical equipment worked poorly for Black patients.
Nearly 7 million people died of COVID globally, with millions more surviving the disease that raged for multiple years. In the United States, Black people remained at risk while others decreased their concern, which was entirely warranted. African Americans experienced a higher death rate due to COVID-19 than other races, and many struggle with the effects of long COVID. Lingering illness and disability have removed some people from the workforce, while others struggle financially under the weight of caring for or losing others in their households. Funding intended for Black Americans to help mitigate these harms resulted in lawsuits. Similarly, money intended for COVID-19 support was rerouted to prisons, which had already contributed to the rapid-fire spread of COVID-19.
The pandemic prompted a shift to virtual learning, working, and communication. While some welcomed this shift, it further highlighted economic disparities for others. This also resulted in learning setbacks for students. Meanwhile, COVID-19 resurfaced distrust between the Black community and the medical establishment that stems, in part, from the Tuskegee experiment.
COVID-19 was also the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement, which grew after video of the May 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer surfaced online.
Patients like Chimére Smith pleaded with doctors to take their COVID-19 symptoms seriously. When ignored, they went online for support.
Read MoreUnlike previous releases, Beyoncé’s newest album, Renaissance, is struggling among American fans, perhaps because of poorly timed themes.
Read MoreAfter a long history of medical racism, many Black Americans are hesitant to seek medical care and and suffer the consequences of no treatment.
Read MoreAlabama continues its long history of diverting money from deserving programs and people by using COVID-19 relief funds for its prison system.
Read MoreDuring the COVID pandemic, domestic workers were frequently overlooked in the media and by the government, despite many continuing to work.
Read MoreResearch shows that devices that measure oxygen in blood don’t work as well for people of color, leading to delayed COVID-19 treatment.
Read MoreAccording to a CDC report, gun violence in 2020 was the highest it’s been in 25 years, and Black Americans, are disproportionately victims.
Read MoreIn Pittsburgh and around the country, black-owned businesses are on the rise, continuing a trend from before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe economic inequalities that stem from slavery have contributed to the health dispartities experienced by the black community in the age of a pandemic.
Read MoreDr. Matshidiso Moeti has overcome discrimination in apartheid South Africa to become one of the world’s top health administrators, and aids the fight against the COVID pandemic.
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