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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

The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is revealing longstanding American health and healthcare disparities yet to be addressed. While some have

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

In her new award-winning book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, historian Deirdre Cooper Owens describes

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History