In 1945, she settled in Chicago, where she pushed for the election of the city’s first African-American mayor, Harold Washington, and the nation’s first African-American president, Barack Obama. She has advocated for the rights of minorities, gays, women and union members.
Pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot gets wedged into an artery in your lungs. These blood clots most commonly originate in the deep veins of your legs, but they can also come from other parts of your body. This condition is known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
It’s rare to have a single pulmonary embolism. In most cases, multiple clots are involved. The lung tissue served by each blocked artery is robbed of blood and may die. This makes it more difficult for your lungs to provide oxygen to the rest of your body.
An associate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Barrow worked on the 1963 March on Washington and the 1965 March on Selma.
We wish her a speedy recovery.
Civil Rights Activist Rev. Willie T. Barrow Hospitalized was originally published on blackdoctor.org
