The Troubled History of Medical Harm to Black Women
In 1805, a Black woman known in the historical record as Pleasant, took a deep breath and pushed her son
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Reproductive Justice and Black Women’s Activism
This post is part of our forum on “Black Women and Reproductive Rights.” In September 1986, former Third World Women’s
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Syllabus: A History of Anti-Black Racism in Medicine
The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is revealing longstanding American health and healthcare disparities yet to be addressed. While some have
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How Black Activists Sought Healthcare Reform: A New Documentary
“The American Medical Association has never been a friend to us [African Americans],” explained the late Chicago physician Dr. Donald
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Black Subjectivity and the Origins of American Gynecology
In her new award-winning book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, historian Deirdre Cooper Owens describes
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