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An Historic Partnership – The ultimate assault on childhood killer diseases
The twins sit with their uncle under the palm-thatched roof of a makeshift shed in the compound of the regional...
2005
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Homeschooling – It?s a growing trend among Blacks
Following a nationwide trend, educating children at home is becoming a popular option for Black Americans as private school costs...
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Living Well – Health, wealth and wisdom intertwine
Whenever he sighed, my grandfather would say, ?Oh, to be healthy, wealthy and wise!? Wealth (modest, and in the form...
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News Briefs
Citigroup Foundation Gives $750,000 Grant to Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. The Citigroup Foundation gave a $750,000 grant to the Neighborhood Reinvestment...
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Impact on Health – How the environment affects us
The 2004 Urban League?s ?State of Black America? report highlights the increasing and glaring disparities between the health of Black...
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The Civil Rights Movement – Re-inventing itself to stay alive
? With few members of the current generation of Americans remembering the Civil Rights Move-ment, questions are being raised about...
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Yvonne Thorton, M.D. , M.P.H. – The really poor girl who made good
Growing up Black, female and poor?first in Harlem, then in Long Branch, N.J.?in an America that didn?t think little brown...
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News Briefs
Black Doctor Search Engine New York City Dermatologist Dina Strachan launched a free Internet service that allows the public to...
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No Crystal Stair – Achieving your dreams and hopes
Everywhere I go, young people constantly inquire, ?Dr. Jefferson, how have you achieved such significant accomplishments and what advice would...