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6:47Now Playing'Death sentence': Black Americans living in cancer alley now dying from COVID-19 | USA TODAY
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6:47Now PlayingAmericans living in "Cancer Alley" suffer from high rates of cancer. In part 1 of this six-part series, USA TODAY investigates how racism fuels COVID-19 deaths.
RELATEDHow systemic racism led to COVID19's rapid spread among people of color
Black families purchased homes close to a petrochemical plant in this Louisiana town, thinking they were getting a great deal at a time when it was otherwise difficult for African Americans to secure home loans. But then friends and neighbors began dying at alarming rates.
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