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Posted inHealth

Crump Leads Suit Against Johnson & Johnson for Pushing Talcum Powder to Black Women Despite Cancer Link

by WI Guest Author July 27, 2021December 21, 2021

Renowned attorneys Ben Crump and Paul Napoli announced Tuesday the filing of a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson on behalf of members of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), citing the company’s specific marketing of talcum-based baby powder to Black women despite links to ovarian cancers.

In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 192ndanniversary of the Black Press, Hazel Trice Edney presented the 2019 Stateswomen for Justice luncheon and panel discussion at the National Press Club in Northwest on Friday, March 29. Trice Edney with panelists (L-R): Kezia Williams - CEO of the Black upstart, Dr. Lezli Baskerville - president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Dr. E. Faye Williams - national chair, National Congress of Black Women, Hazel Trice Edney, Dr. Princess Asie Ocansey – Nekotech Center of Excellence, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Janice Mathis, executive director of the National Council of Negro Women, and Kim Sanders, president and CEO of the National Bankers Association. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Business

Edney’s Outstanding Black Women ‘Tell It Like It Is’

by James Wright Jr. April 3, 2019October 31, 2020
Cicely Tyson
Posted inLifestyle

Women’s Group to Honor Cicely Tyson, Tom Joyner

by Lauren M. Poteat November 1, 2017October 31, 2020

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