PHOTOS: Morehouse School of Medicine vaccinates civil rights leaders

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PHOTOS: Morehouse School of Medicine vaccinates civil rights leaders

Many of Atlanta’s civil rights pioneers and barrier breakers gathered Tuesday at Morehouse School of Medicine for their latest mission: getting their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to encourage other African Americans, particularly older ones, to do so as well.

Morehouse School of Medicine nurse Dawn-Marie Aime, left, administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Hank Aaron on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Morehouse School of Medicine's President and Dean speaks with Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms at her back, as staff begin to administer the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young, Hank Aaron and many others Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine Michelle Remis-Allen, left, administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, seated left, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 while Ambassador Andrew Young prepares for his vaccine. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine Dawn-Marie Aime, left, gathers information from Hank Aaron, seated left, before administering the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines Tuesday, January 5, 2021 while former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, right, prepares for his vaccine. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine nurse Dawn-Marie Aime, left, gathers information for records before administering the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders Hank Aaron, seated, and many others Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, right, speaks at Morehouse School of Medicine before her mother, Sylvia Robinson, center, receives the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Bottoms is waiting to get her vaccine until first responders receive their shots. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Xernona Clayton receives the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines at Morehouse School of Medicine on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Carolyn Young, left, prepares for her Moderna vaccine, as Xernona Clayton, right, answers health questions from Morehouse School of Medicine staff before they administer the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young, Hank Aaron and many others Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine collects information and administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. Hank Aaron, left, waits for Billye Aaron, his wife, second from left seated, before he receives his shot Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine collects information from Sylvia Robinson, left, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms mother, before administering the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young and sets up reminders for the second dose Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine collects information from Sylvia Robinson, left, with help from her daughter Mayor Keshia Lance Bottoms mother before the HBC administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Robinson and civil rights leaders including Andrew Young, Hank Aaron and many others Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine collects information and administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young, Hank Aaron and many others Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young, Hank Aaron and Sylvia Robinson, seated right, who came with her daughter Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom, right, on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine collects information and administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young who gives Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms a 'covid kiss' after he received his shot Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Morehouse School of Medicine collects information and administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to civil rights leaders including Andrew Young, Hank Aaron and many others Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

ATLANTA - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms takes a photo of her mother, Sylvia Robinson, as she gets a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shot at Morehouse School of Medicine on Jan. 5, 2021. ERIC STIRGUS/ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM.

ATLANTA - Baseball legend Hank Aaron gets a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shot at Morehouse School of Medicine on Jan. 5, 2021. ERIC STIRGUS/ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM.

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Morehouse School of Medicine nurse Dawn-Marie Aime, left, administers the first of two Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to Hank Aaron on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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