Cities host month-long celebrations
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Why are our young, educated mothers still dying after giving birth?

In Louisiana, Black women are nearly four times as likely to die within one year of birth as White women, wrote obstetrician Dr. Joia Crear Perry, president of National Birth Equity Collaborative. While chronic conditions like heart disease, hypertension and diabetes are usually said to be the main culprits, research shows that some other issue may be to blame for this disparity: racism.(Read more)

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Miss Black Louisiana USA 2018, Makeva Armant to participate in Mardi Gras Festival, Feb. 10

OTHER NEWS

• State asks public for comments on reallocating disaster recovery funds from The Great Food of 2016

• East Baton Rouge Parish Library celebrates Black History Month

• Gov. Edwards Proclaims February 2018 Black History Month in Louisiana

• Bayou Classic Ranked Number One HBCU Classic

• Louisiana Travel Association announces new officers, honors graduates of tourism leadership class

• Technical assistance services available for small businesses impacted by floods

• AKA, L’Auberge host 3rd Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Prayer Breakfast

• Hammond welcomes first baby of 2018: Clarielle White