Clarence Thomas said that the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision was wrong while voting for a South Carolina voting map.
The term "stroke" was a trending high on the social media app formerly known as Twitter after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to suffer a health incident during a press conference.
The stroke suffered by comedian and actor Sinbad drew attention to Black people's heightened risk of suffering brain attacks.
The director is currently hospitalized.
Actor Luke Perry died at age 52 from a stroke, which takes the lives of African-Americans at a statistically higher rate.
Willie Rogers, who also served with the Red Tail Angels, passed away from complications from a previous stroke.