health – AAIHS

How Black Activists Sought Healthcare Reform: A New Documentary

September 5, 2019September 16, 2019 Christopher Willoughby Activism, Black film, black intellectual history, black politics, capitalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film, health, medicine

“The American Medical Association has never been a friend to us [African Americans],” explained the late Chicago physician Dr. Donald

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Why Black Women Can’t Breathe

February 21, 2019March 31, 2019 Celeste Henery Black women, health, Racial Violence, racism

Eric Garner’s gasp “I can’t breathe” in the chokehold of a New York City Police Department officer transformed into a

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Black Women’s Suicide and a Call for Radical Friendship

February 27, 2018March 3, 2018 Celeste Henery Activism, Black women, health, intersectionality, poetry

I am still sitting with the loss of Ashawnty Davis, the 10-year-old Black girl from Aurora, Colorado who ended her

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Erica Garner and the Trauma of Police Violence in Black Communities

January 3, 2018January 5, 2018 Ameer Hasan Loggins health, police brutality, police violence, policing

As I write this article, I want to be clear about my intended audience. I am writing this piece in remembrance

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Vegetarianism and Organic Food in Black Communities

October 6, 2017October 9, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis Activism, Black Power, food, health, Nation of Islam

Vegetarianism is more visible and widespread today in the United States than it has ever been. But the popular image

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