Health disparities persist, but solutions exist
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is celebrated annually to commemorate the ending of slavery on June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War. Despite the progress we’ve made since then, disparities stubbornly persist for Black Americans and people of color–nowhere more readily apparent than in health.... Read More