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In this Feb. 11, 2021, fi le photo, Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist with the
Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) looks on
as President Joe Biden visits the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the NIH
in Bethesda, Md. Corbett played a key role in developing the Moderna vaccine.
Associated Press/Evan Vucci, File
Brooklyn Dems celebrate
Black History Month
By Nelson A. King
In recognition of Black History Month
2022 and its theme of Black health and
wellness, Brooklyn Democratic Party
Chair Assembly Member, Rodneyse
Bichotte-Hermelyn on Tuesday, Feb. 2
celebrated the “contributions, triumphs
and tribulations of Blacks who have indelibly
shaped our nation and those who
continue to do so.”
“Black History Month is not only a celebration
of the pioneering contributions
of those who paved a trail before us but
also a driving force to continue their fight
for equality,” said Bichotte Hermelyn, the
daughter of Haitian immigrants, who
represents the 42nd Assembly District in
Brooklyn.
“This year’s theme of Black health and
wellness is especially poignant: The pandemic
showed us just how deeply rooted
the racial disparities in health care are,”
she added. “As we celebrate our diversity
and culture, we must also focus on Black
health and wellness to correct the many
systemic health care iniquities — including
the Black maternal healthcare crisis
— head-on.”
Bichotte-Hermelyn said she is “committed
to making health care accessible
for New Yorkers, and particularly for the
many people of color struggling to access
quality care.”
The assemblywoman also recognized
two Black pioneers from the past and
present: Brooklyn’s first Black elected official,
Bertram L. Baker and Dr. Kizzmekia
Corbett, a Black woman praised as key scientist
behind the COVID-19 vaccine.
Bichotte-Hermelyn noted that Baker
migrated from Nevis in 1915, when he was
17 years old.
He moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant in
1923, and lived at 399 Jefferson Avenue,
when he was elected to office.
Baker was a member of the New York
State Assembly from 1948 to 1970, representing
central Brooklyn, New York.
During his tenure in the assembly,
Bichotte-Hermelyn said Baker sponsored
bills prohibiting various types of discrimination,
most notably New York’s fair
housing law.
The Metcalf-Baker Act, which was
sponsored in the State Senate by George
R. Metcalf, was one of the first laws anywhere
that outlawed discrimination in
housing, Bichotte-Hermelyn said.
She noted that Dr. Corbett was recently
highlighted in the Time’s “Time100 Next”
list under the category of “Innovators”,
with a profile written by Dr. Anthony
Fauci.
Dr. Fauci said “Kizzmekia Corbett, the
scientific lead of the Vaccine Research
Center’s coronavirus team at the US
National Institutes of Health, is widely
recognized in the immunology community
as a rising star.
“For the past six years, she has focused
on coronavirus biology and vaccine development,”
he said. “During the pandemic,
those years of research led to the discovery
that a stabilized version of a spike
protein found on the surface of all coronaviruses
can be a key target for vaccines,
treatments and diagnostics.”
In celebrating Black History Month,
Council Member Crystal Hudson, the
newly-elected representative for the 35th
Council District in Brooklyn, whose grand
parents hail from Jamaica, said that one
year ago, she released “A Black Agenda for
New York City.”
Hudson said the agenda is “a rallying
call for local government to address and
undo the many laws, policies and practices
that were designed to systematically
keep Black people down, from housing
and healthcare to safety and schools.
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