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    Fresh Fest co-founders Day Bracey (left) and Mike Potter (right) visit with Chris Harris, owner of Black Frog Brewery in Holland, Ohio, near Toledo.
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    African-American Craft Beer Brewers Unite To Host A Festival Of Their Own

    Aug 10, 2018
    Craft beer is booming, but it is not very popular in the African-American community and there are few black brewers. The first craft beer festival for African-American brewers aims to change that.
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    A slaughterhouse and meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, owned by the firm Agriprocessors in 2008, was the site of a major immigration raid that year by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The raid sent ripples throughout the state and may even h
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    Scientists Start To Tease Out The Subtler Ways Racism Hurts Health

    Nov 11, 2017
    The biological effects of lifelong exposure to racism or other sorts of discrimination can be complicated, scientists say, but likely tap into the same mechanisms as other types of chronic stress.
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    Deborah Fleming declined to provide her contact information during the block party. She says she hesitated because of abuses of African-Americans that have occurred during medical research in the past.
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    Scientists Work To Overcome Legacy Of Tuskegee Study, Henrietta Lacks

    Oct 25, 2017
    An influential Harlem church is trying to help the National Institutes of Health overcome reluctance by some African-Americans to participate in a medical study of 1 million diverse Americans.
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    Poll: Most Americans Think Their Own Group Faces Discrimination

    Oct 24, 2017
    NPR is launching a deep exploration of how Americans experience discrimination in daily life. One key result: The sense that their own group suffers discrimination crosses racial and identity lines.
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    Shots - Health News
    It's not clear how living in a segregated neighborhood affects blood pressure, but stress is one potential cause, experts say.
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    Leaving Segregated Neighborhoods Lowers Blacks' Blood Pressure

    May 15, 2017
    African-Americans experienced a drop in blood pressure when they moved from highly segregated neighborhoods to more integrated areas, according to a study that followed people's health for decades.
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    The hemoglobin A1C test for blood sugar, a standard assay for diabetes, may not perform as well in people with sickle cell trait, a study finds.
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    The A1C Blood Sugar Test May Be Less Accurate In African-Americans

    Feb 07, 2017
    People with sickle cell trait, which includes about 10 percent of African-Americans, can get erroneous readings on a common blood glucose test. That could mean they miss out on diabetes treatment.
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    For hundreds of years, the Elmina Castle, which sits on the Gulf of Guinea, was a major depot in the transatlantic slave trade.
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    Finding A Way Home Through 'The Door Of No Return'

    Oct 25, 2016
    Gene Demby thought a visit to Ghana for a wedding would be fun and uncomplicated, but it sent him down a road of introspection about black fatherhood and its connection to America's original sin.
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    Lack of access to quality medical care remains a major factor in higher breast cancer death rates among African-Americans.
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    Breast Cancer Death Rates Are Down, But Racial Disparities Persist

    Oct 13, 2016
    Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer than are white women, and that's especially true for older women, the CDC reports. Lack of access to quality health care is a big factor.
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    Dallas Police Chief David Brown (second from left) and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Chief James Spiller (second from right) attend an interfaith memorial service for the victims of the Dallas police shooting.
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    The Code Switch Podcast, Episode 9: Black And Blue

    Jul 14, 2016
    Black police officers live on both sides of the debate over race and policing. In this week's episode, they weigh in on the limits of force diversity in bridging gaps between black people and cops.
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    A lung test on the Breathmobile finds that 5-year-old Brooklyn Turner's pulmonary function is compromised by her asthma.
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    Scientists Seek Genetic Clues To Asthma's Toll On Black Children

    Jun 07, 2016
    Most genetic studies look only at people of European descent. But black and Hispanic children are far more likely to die of asthma, and genetic differences may help explain why.
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    Life Expectancy Drops For White Women, Increases For Black Men

    Apr 19, 2016
    Suicide, drug abuse and alcohol have started to shorten the lives of white women, a U.S. report on data from 2013 to 2014 suggests. Life-expectancy for many black men went up from 71.8 years to 72.2.
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    Preventable Colon Cancer Deaths Cost The Economy $6.4 Billion

    Nov 13, 2015
    People in lower-income communities are more likely to die of colon cancer, often because they don't get diagnosed early enough. Those premature deaths take a financial toll, too.
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    Shanda Williams grew up in Oakland, where there's great need for health providers who understand the community, she says. Williams was inspired to become a nurse after noticing her grandmother's lack of candor at visits to the doctor.
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    A Push In California To Train More Latino And Black Nurses

    Nov 13, 2015
    Though 39 percent of the state's population is Latino, only 8 percent of its nurses are. Health officials are looking to reduce health disparities by increasing diversity among health professionals.
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    For decades, black women faced lower risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer than did white women.
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    Black Women's Breast Cancer Risk Rises To Equal White Women's

    Oct 29, 2015
    African-American women's advantage in avoiding breast cancer has evaporated, with their rates rising to match white women's. Higher obesity rates, a risk factor for breast cancer, may be one reason.
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    Shots - Health News
    "Because he wasn't raised where health was an issue in the household. There was nobody talkin' about health, probably nobody talking about not smoking or drinking or unhealthy practices, what it could lead to. There was nobody talkin' about that."
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    Let Me Show You What Keeps Me From Being Healthy

    Oct 02, 2015
    Residents of North Carolina's "stroke belt" headed out with cameras to document why the area is notorious for high rates of heart disease and stroke. They aim to come up with community solutions.
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    Obesity Maps Put Racial Differences On Stark Display

    Sep 23, 2015
    Obesity, with all its dire health consequences, is hitting some ethnic groups harder than others. Environment plays a big role. And it affects not just individual health, but the health costs of all.
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    African-American women may be more sensitive to metabolic abnormalities like high triglycerides or low good cholesterol.
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    Heart Risk Factors May Affect Black Women More Than White Women

    May 21, 2015
    Black women are more likely to have heart disease with just a few metabolic risk factors, a study finds. That's not the case for white women. Being obese seems to affect black women more, too.
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    Code Switch
    Val James of the Toronto Maple Leafs takes warmup prior to a preseason game against the Boston Bruins at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1986.
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    As First Black American NHL Player, Enforcer Was Defenseless Against Racism

    Feb 26, 2015
    Val James became the first American-born black player in the NHL in 1982. He faced vicious racism, including fans throwing bananas on the ice. After 30 years in silence, he is talking about it now.
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    Wendell Scott, pictured here in 1969, is the first — and only — black man to win a race in NASCAR's top series.
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    NASCAR Hall-Of-Famer Helped Open The Track For Black Drivers

    Feb 21, 2015
    In 1963, Wendell Scott became the first African-American to win a race in NASCAR's top division. No other black driver has won a top NASCAR race since, but the sport is starting to diversify.
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    Nevada's Role In Passing The Civil Rights Act, 50 Years Later

    Jan 26, 2015
    July 2 marked the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most important laws Congress has ever passed … the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The House...
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