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3 months ago
Brooklyn

Feb 1: Brooklyn Black History Maker, Dr. Susan McKinney Steward

Dr. Susan McKinney Steward was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in New York
She founded the Women's Hospital and Dispensary in Brooklyn [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
4 months ago
New York City

June Jackson Christmas, Pioneering Psychiatrist, Dies at 99

June Jackson Christmas, a Black female psychiatrist, passed away at the age of 99.
She broke barriers throughout her career, advocating for mental health services and civil rights. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
5 months ago
Film

Ava DuVernay: We need to wake up. We're less than a year away from a transition of power'

Origin is a biopic about a Black woman's intellectual journey, a story rarely seen in movies about intellectual quests that typically feature white men.
The film is a stylistically bold adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's book 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents', exploring the concept of caste as a global system of oppression that transcends race. [ more ]
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