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Inequities and disparities are toxins planted with intention and inattention into the souls, soil, and systems within our communities. Our ‘strategies of choice’ in addressing inequities and disparities too often prioritize the comfort of the oppressor over and above the liberation of the oppressed.
Enid Gaddis, ©2021 All Rights Reserved
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A powerful quote from Malcolm X!!
“That’s Not A Chip On My Shoulder. That’s Your Foot On My Neck” – Malcolm X
Black History: Special Delivery!!
Surely our need to educate, inform, and inspire cannot be confined to one month out of the year?
Embracing Black History, past, present, and future is a “life-long” pursuit, not a “month-long” pit stop.
Enid Gaddis, Blackmail4u.com ©2017
Black History: Special Delivery!!
Dr. Myra A. Logan (1908-1977) made history in 1943 by becoming the first woman to operate on a human heart. Logan was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her father was the treasurer of Tuskegee Institute. Her mother was well known suffragist and health care advocate. Her mother also had a college degree, which would have been rare at that time. Logan earned an MS in psychology from Columbia University. She then was awarded a scholarship to attend New York Medical College. She graduated in 1933 and completed an internship at Harlem Hospital in the emergency room. Continue reading “Dr. Myra Adele Logan: First Woman To Perform Open Heart Surgery”
Black History: Special Delivery!!
Racial superiority is a mere “PIGMENT” of the imagination.
~Author Unknown
Black History: Special Delivery!!
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
-Shirley Chisholm
Black History: Special Delivery!!
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