BY MELBA NEWSOME Jan 18, 2023 A 1940s Red Cross rule, which racially segregated blood, propped up notions of racial difference and Black inferiority. In the summer of 1941, months…
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The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
The Conversation March 12, 2023 Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into…
How Black Slaves Were Sold as “Specimens” for Medical Experimentation
Slave bodies were a readily available medical commodity. The slave owner and the doctor conspired to to traffic these bodies for medical experiments. By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. January 8th, 2020 Slavery…