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)
How many of our brothers do you know that have suddenly died of Agent Orange symptoms? Their names will never appear on The Wall, and yet they too were Killed in Vietnam as surely as the men and women of Hiroshima who are still dying of radiation poisoning from the Atomic Bomb were killed in WWII. Most Vietnam Veterans survived Vietnam; 58,229 did not.