On April 10, in a virtual conversation moderated by journalist Jenna Flanagan, Dr. Uche (pronounced oo-chay) Blackstock, discussed her book, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine (2024), which highlights the issues in the U.S. healthcare system and how they affect the Black community, as well as how to fix them.
The conversation was hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH). Dr. Aletha Maybank, who is the chief health equity officer and vice president of the American Medical Association (AMA), was also part of the conversation.
Blackstock, who is also the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, shared why she decided to write the book, saying that she wanted to help everyone understand why the statistics on Black health are so disturbing.
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