Black History Month Program - Week 3 Materials

Black History Month Program - Week 3 Materials

These materials are provided for participants' review and reflection, as part of the LWVDE 2022 Black History Month program.

Topic For Week 3, Feb 14 to 20: Health

Poem for Week 3:

 

Why Don’t Black People Talk About Mental Health?
Spoken Word - by Jordon

Please follow this link to experience the full piece spoken aloud:

 mindingyourmind.org/livetotell/jordans-poem-why-dont-black-people-talk-about-mental-health

 

Week 3 Materials...

Articles:

◈ Black Women in Delaware’s History 
by Carol Hoffecker and Annette Woolard, UD / Historical Society of Delaware

https://www1.udel.edu/BlackHistory/blackwomen.html

◈ 12 Black American Pioneers Who Changed Healthcare
By Don Rauf, Everyday Health, Feb 2021

https://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/african-american-pioneers-who-changed-healthcare

◈ The Black Mortality Gap and a document written in 1910
By Anna Flagg, Aug 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/upshot/black-health-mortality-gap.html

◈ The Civil Rights Era 1955-1968 – National Medical Association
(a PowerPoint Presentation)

https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/ama-assn.org/files/corp/media-browser/public/ama-history/african-american-physicians3-v2.pdf

Videos:

◈ Dr. David R. Williams : The Social Factors of Health 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTJ6OjLa8UY&t=96s

◈ Structural Racism in Medicine and Health Care 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyzZvlvoAys

◈ How racism makes us sick | David R. Williams (TED Talk)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzyjDR_AWzE

Additional Resources:

◈ Unequal Treatment, a 2003 Study by The Institute of Medicine (IOM)

More details here - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK220355

◈ An American Health Dilemma: A Medical History of African Americans and the Problem of Race: Beginnings to 1900
Book by W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton

https://www.amazon.com/American-Health-Dilemma-Americans-Beginnings/dp/0415924499

End of Month Discussion...

Don't forget to register for the culminating online discussion on February 28th, 2022 to share our experience, thoughts, insights and questions. Register here: Debriefing Conversation for Black History Month Program