Healthcare

Books

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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

by Harriet A. Washington

Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination

by Professor Alondra Nelson

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

by Deirdre Cooper Owens

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

Essays and Articles

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Covid and the Legacy of Slavery

Equal Justice Initiative

How microaggressions in health care hurt minorities

by Kasra Zarei, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why

by Nina Martin, ProPublica; Renee Montagne, NPR

A Prescription for More Black Doctors

by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times

Podcasts

Video and Film

The U.S. has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. The numbers also show that black and brown people are up to 3.5 times more likely to die of the...

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Teach Us All

by Sonia Lowman, director