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Harriet Washington (1951- )
Harriet Washington is a prolific author and medical ethicist who wrote the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Medical Apartheid:...
Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu (?- )
Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu is a robotics engineer at NASA, where he has served as the chief engineer and technical group...
Claire Karekezi (1984- )
Dr. Claire Karekezi is the first and sole female neurosurgeon in all of Rwanda and has served as a consultant...
Vanessa Northington Gamble (1953- )
Vanessa N. Gamble is the first African American woman to teach as a professor of medical humanities, health policy, and...
9) Warren County, North Carolina (1779- )
Founded in 1779, Warren County, North Carolina, is the birthplace of the environmental racism movement. In 1982 members of the...
4) Uniontown, Alabama (1818- )
Uniontown is a community of 1,880 people, located in Perry County, Alabama, and was originally named Woodville, after the first...
1) Cancer Alley, Louisiana (1987- )
When residents of St. Gabriel, Louisiana took note of the large number of fellow community members being diagnosed with cancer...
Sherman A. James (1944- )
Sherman A. James is a social epidemiologist and most notably known for the concept of “John Henryism.” Most recently, Dr....
7) Houston, Texas (1837- )
Houston, Texas, with a population of 2.3 million people, 23% of whom are African American, is fourth largest city in...
2) Pahokee, Florida (1909- )
Located in Palm Beach County, Pahokee, Florida is a small city with a population of approximately 6,269 people. Every October,...
Freweyni Asress (?- )
Environmental and social justice activist Freweyni Asress of Gondar, Ethiopia runs the Instagram account @ZeroWasteHabesha, with which she documents her...
Chester Brown (1963- )
Dr. Chester Brown is a medical geneticist who currently serves as the St. Jude Chair of Excellence in Genetics, the...