Epidemics and African American Communities from 1793 to the Present

Epidemics and African American Communities from 1793 to the Present  Hosted by Evelynn M. Hammonds Webcasts from this series: Epidemics and Health Disparities in African American Communities: A Conversation with David R. Williams (April 9, 2020) The Myth of Innate Racial Differences Between White and Black People’s Bodies: Lessons From the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Conversation with Rana Hogarth (April 16, 2020) Lessons Not Learned: Smallpox and African Americans in the 1860s: A Conversation with Jim Downs (April 23, 2020) 'There Wasn’t a Lot of Comfort in Those Days:' African Americans, Public Health, and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic: A Conversation with Vanessa Northington Gamble (April 30, 2020) Webcast forthcoming: The Pandemic and Prisons: A Conversation with Heather Ann Thompson (May 7, 2020)