At the time of this writing, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected over 13 million individuals worldwide, with over 3.4 million infected in the United States (US). The highly infectious virus has claimed over 137,000 US lives and this number increases daily. While COVID-19 does not discriminate, data illuminate an eerily familiar pattern of disproportionate infection and mortality among communities of color. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020), national data on confirmed coronavirus cases by race and ethnicity as of April 17, 2020 indicated that despite Blacks accounting for 13% of the US population, they accounted for 34% of COVID-19 confirmed cases. Data quickly emerged revealing alarming disparities among COVID-19 mortality with Blacks dying at a rate of 2–3 times their proportion of the population. This disparate mortality is seen among 32 states, including those in the region served by the Southern Nursing Research Society (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center, 2020). For example, Blacks represent 27% of the population of Alabama and 46% of COVID-19 deaths, Georgia 31% and 49%, and Kentucky; 8% and 17%(the COVID Project at the Atlantic, n.d.).