Food Insecurity in Nash and Edgecombe County
By Raekwon Williams The Stories to Save Lives Project uses oral history methodology to document the health, illness, and medical care in many counties across North Carolina as a part of the Southern Oral History Project. The interviews from the … Read more
Racialized Health Disparities for North Carolina’s Unrecognized Tribes
By Emma Gillis Introduction Our study of medicine through literature focuses heavily on untold stories: the women, the minorities, the aging, the dying, and the families. The Stories to Save Lives Project relies on these untold stories and their ability … Read more
Intergenerational Trauma’s Impact on Black People’s Perception of the American Healthcare System
By Galilee Ambellu Introduction The psychological effects that slavery and racism have had on the Black population, also referred to as Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS), has forever impacted their perception of the word ‘safety’ in America. Humans are creatures … Read more