Many leaders from within the African American community and beyond rose to prominence during the Civil Rights era, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Andrew Goodman and others.They riskedâand sometimes lostâtheir lives in the name of freedom and equality.ntroduction. Nearly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in Southern states still inhabited a starkly unequal world of disenfranchisement, segregation and various forms of oppression, including race-inspired violence.
1 The most common causes of pleural effusion are congestive heart failure, pneumonia, malignancies and pulmonary embolism. 2  Signs and symptoms of pleural effusion include: 3  Shortness of breath. 4  Chest pain. 5  Associate symptoms of pleural effusion due to an underlying disease include: 6  Night sweats. 7  Coughing up blood. 8  Fever.
Symptoms of Pleural Effusions. Pleural effusions often cause no symptoms. Symptoms are more likely when a pleural effusion is moderate or large-sized, or if inflammation is present. Symptoms of pleural effusions may include: 1  Shortness of breath.2  Chest pain, especially on breathing in deeply (pleurisy, or pleuritic pain). 3  Fever.4  Cough.hest X-ray film: Plain X-ray films of the chest are often the first step in identifying a pleural effusion. Pleural effusions appear on chest X-rays as white space at the base of the lung. If a pleural effusion is likely, additional X-ray films may be taken while a person lies on her side.