COVID-19 Updates, White House Report

African Americans on Front Line, Most Adversely Affected by COVID-19

April Ryan
April 9, 2020

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President Trump said the White House will have more solid data on coronavirus affects on the Black community. The deadly impact on African Americans reached the highest levels to include both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. and within Black advocacy groups. The NAACP hosted a conference call with Congressional leaders to address the devastation.

AURN White House Correspondent April Ryan spoke with NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan