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Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller – The Nation’s First Black Psychiatrist

September 23, 2022

By Dannie Gore Sr. Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller, born in Liberia on August 11, 1872, was the grandson of an American slave who had purchased his freedom and emigrated to Africa. Fuller was a graduate of Boston University Medical School and eventually worked as a pathologist at Westborough State Hospital for the Insane, becoming the […]

COVID-19 and Racism

June 12, 2021

Koi, 13 and Valeska,13, TheNew3Rs Class of 2021 The Coronavirus Pandemic, which had claimed over 500,000 lives, has brought the health disparities between different races to light. Black people/ African Americans have a larger chance of catching the disease, getting hospitalized and death compared to White people. Because of lack of proper healthcare or cannot […]