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.
Cancers believed to be caused by contact with Agent Orange. 1  Chronic B-cell Leukemia: A type of cancer that affects your white blood cells (cells in your bodyâs immune system that help to fight off illnesses and infections)
He is not on any medication for it although he was operated on it by angioplasty. There are two issues here...firstly carotid artery disease occurs in people without exposure to agent orange...usually due to increase cholesterol diets, although this is usually in people older than 59. So there would be plenty of evidence to suggest that this was not due to agent orange. DrPauline : However my understanding is that the VA have started to allow ischaemic heart disease as a possible reason to claim due to agent orange exposure.