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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/examining-the-american-medical-associations-racist-history-and-its-overdue-reckoning by Yamiche Alcindor 18/5/21 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/examining-the-american-medical-associations-racist-history-and-its-overdue-reckoning by Yamiche Alcindor 18/5/21 PBS NEWS] | ||
he national calls to action over racial justice have brought new awareness of past injustices in many parts of our society, including the fields of science and medicine. Yamiche Alcindor speaks to Dr. Aletha Maybank, the American Medical Association's chief health equity officer, about the organization's racist history, how it plans to reckon with it, and the intersection of race and medicine. | he national calls to action over racial justice have brought new awareness of past injustices in many parts of our society, including the fields of science and medicine. Yamiche Alcindor speaks to Dr. Aletha Maybank, the American Medical Association's chief health equity officer, about the organization's racist history, how it plans to reckon with it, and the intersection of race and medicine. | ||
=====Ku Klux Klan: A History of Racism===== | |||
[https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/ku-klux-klan-history-racism/ by SPLC 1/3/11] | |||
This report on the history of the Ku Klux Klan, America’s first terrorist organization, was prepared by the Klanwatch Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Klanwatch was formed in 1981 to help curb Klan and racist violence through litigation, education and monitoring. | |||
