Reviews

As part of our effort to empower individuals, Uzima presents a collection of reviews of books written by and about Black communities. These books address inequity in healthcare as well as the history and legacy of systemic racism in the U.S. Change starts with knowledge and grows with advocacy. Dip into this curated collection of interviews with brilliant authors and thinkers, and reviews of transformative books.

Elderly Black man reading a book reviewed and recommended by UZIMA Health & Wellness

In this podcast, DrK reviews the groundbreaking book by healthcare attorney Daniel E. Dawes and provides additional context on the difficult path toward equitable healthcare in the United States. 

In 1988, Jonathan Kozol set off to spend time with children in the American public education system.

In his searing and moving essay, James Baldwin explores the Atlanta child murders that took place over a period of twenty-two months in 1979 and 1980.

From her more than three hundred appearances for film and television, stage and cabaret, performing comedy or drama, as an unforgettable lead or a scene stealing supporting character, Jenifer Lewis

In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real

Katrina's Imprint highlights the power of this sentinel American event and its continuing reverberations in contemporary politics, culture, and public policy.

This podcast - and book review - is about another Daniel E. Dawes book that Dr. K strongly reccomends : The Political Determinants of Health

This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an "invisible" malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African

Using MacArthur fellow Camilo José Vergara’s intimate street photographs of Camden, New Jersey as reference points, the essays in this collection analyze these images within the context of troubled histories

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