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Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at age 92.She died in Atlanta on Thursday, according to family members who issued a statement throughthe A.D. King Foundation.Naomi King established the organization in May 2008 with a mission of empowering youth and women and advancing strategies for nonviolent social change. She was a woman of quiet dignity, overcoming strength, and steadfast support to her husband, family, and stanley tumbler circles of influence within and beyond Atlanta, the statement said.Naomi King was born in Dothan, Alabama, according to the foundation s website. She and her mother, Bessie Barber, moved to Atlanta to make a better living for themselves. In 1949, King entered Spelman College and spent a year studying French. She later attended the University of Alabama and studied interior design, according to the website.SEE MORE: Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancerShe was married to the Rev. Alfred Daniel Williams King, a Baptist minister and civil rights leader she met after joining Ebenezer Baptist Church. The couple married in 1950 and had five children. A.D. King died in July 1969.The couple supported Martin Luther K stanley cups ing Jr., and his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement and wer stanley quencher e at his side during multiple historic events, including the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, one of the most famous political rallies in U.S. history.Naomi King pub Rsef Tampa nonprofit offering free laundry services to low-income families, laid off hospitality workers
According to a database kept by Johns Hopkins University, at least 50,000 people in the United States have now died of the novel coronavirus.Confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. total nearly 900,000. The U.S. leads the wor stanley thermos ld in the total number of cases and deaths linked to the virus.New York City remains the epicenter of the outbreak in America. The city accounts for about 17 percent of all the cases throughout the country, with at least 145,000. At least 16,0 termo stanley 00 people have died of COVID-19 in the city.New Jersey ranks second in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases with just over 100,000. Massachusetts 46,000 , California 39,000 , Pennsylvania 38,000 and Illinois 36,000 round out the top five.According to Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation stanley cup , a model routinely used by the White House, the U.S. is past the point of peak resource use and daily death count. That model projects that about 67,000 Americans will die of the coronavirus through August. The IHME appears to project fewer deaths than other similar models.As key indicators like new hospitalizations and intubations appear to be leveling off country-wide, states have begun considering lifting Stay At Home orders or similar restrictions that have kept non-essential workers off the job. About 60 percent of Americans are concerned that still will m |
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