Black Celebs You Probably Don’t Know Battled Breast Cancer
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Deron Dalton
Patricia Roberts Harris, Politician/Educator
Harris worked with President Jimmy Carter as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and then, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. The first black woman to do so. But unfortunately, Harris’ own health faded in the 1980s after being diagnosed and passing away from her battle with breast cancer. In her time, she had many political career firsts for women of color and later taught at George Washington University’s National Law Center.
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