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A Look Back at Slavery: Ivan Van Sertima On Cultural and Scientific Achievements in Africa

Recent studies have continued to show that African Americans continue to be affected disproportionately by poverty, mortality rates for treatable diseases and employment discrimination. Just this past month, a study concluded that black patients die from cancer at higher rates than whites, and still another study found that employers still practice a form of racial profiling that prevents many African Americans from entering or moving up in the job market.

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