A father and daughter adjust protective face masks worn to prevent coronavirus at a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest outside of the White House on June 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic.Eleven percent of African Americans say they were close with someone who has died from the coronavirus, compared with 5% of Americans overall and 4% of white Americans.RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesThe findings.