1619 to 2019
Confronting the Legacy of Slavery for Health Equity in Baltimore and Across the United States
1619 to 2019
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosted a forum to examine the complex history of slavery and its impact on health equity in Baltimore, Maryland, and across the United States.
The event was co-hosted by the Center for Health Equity and Urban Health Institute at Johns Hopkins University; Office of Public Health Practice and Training and SOURCE at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
There were two panel discussions: The first focused on the historical legacy of slavery for health equity, and the second focused on Baltimore.
Embodying the Health Legacies of Slavery
Panelists
- Jessica Marie Johnson
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Johns Hopkins University - Elizabeth O'Brien
Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Deirde Cooper Owens
Charles and Linda Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Alexandre White
Assistant Professor of Sociology and the History of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Moderator
- Jeremy A. Greene
William H. Welch Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Slavery and Health Equity in Baltimore
Panelists
- Janice V. Bowie
Professor
Department of Health, Behavior, and Society
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Rev. Debra Hickman
President/CEO, Sisters Together And Reaching, Inc (STAR) - Lawrence Jackson
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History
Johns Hopkins University - Bishop Douglas Miles
Pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church
Co-chairman, Baltimoreans United in Leadership (BUILD) - Karen Kruse Thomas
Historian, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Moderator
- Lisa A. Cooper
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Health Equity
Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health