Heart-Wrenching PSA Shows the Impact of Covid-19 on Black Americans

Burrell's latest spot for its 'Black Is Human' campaign

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Jason Hargrove could be your dad. He could be your husband. He could be anyone’s bus driver; because, in fact, he was one for the city of Detroit. But the difference between the married father of six and so many other regular working-class Americans is this: Last month Jason was alive, and now he’s dead.

A powerful new PSA featuring Hargrove will run beginning this weekend on African-American cable networks and digital media outlets. An in-house spot from Chicago’s longstanding multicultural marketing firm Burrell,

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