Minority Health and Health Equity Archive

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Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Equity Archive (MHHEA), an electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.

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    100 Years Later, a Painful Episode Is Observed at Last
    (The New York Times, 2006) Dewan, Shaila
    Two years ago, Saudia Muwwakkil, the director of communications for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, invited community leaders to discuss how to mark the 100th anniversary of a 1906 race riot in which mobs of whites descended on the city's black residents. The racial strife shut down Atlanta for four days and ended with the bodies of black men hanging from trees and streetlights. But of those Ms. Muwwakkil called, almost none had heard of it.
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    Atlanta Group Promotes Black Men's Health
    (The Associated Press, 2005) Yee, Daniel
    Although an avid tennis player and very trim at age 58, Terrell Slayton Jr. has a host of chronic conditions _ including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. But he knows that many other black men in his community don't even know the status of their health. "Even the most learned among us sometimes, for whatever reason, don't get that checkup as often as we should," said Slayton, who has learned to balance regular exercise and a medication schedule with his busy role as Georgia's assistant secretary of state. A program created by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher and a group of the city's top leaders _ the 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc. _ is aimed at raising health awareness among black men. They are working to first educate themselves about their own health so they can teach others and serve as role models.