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Natural hazard research working paper volume 56
Publisher
University of Colorado, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
Pub. Date
1986.
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Office of Health Disparities
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
This fact sheet provides information about some of the major health indicators for the population in Colorado. Like other communities of color, African Americans/Blacks in Colorado experience some differences in health, risk factors and behaviors in comparison to other population groups. The data presented show comparisons between the African American/Black population and the States population as a whole and identifies where there are differences....
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"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and...
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A unique compilation of stories, richly reported essays, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest, if sometimes uncomfortable, conversation about race and identity, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts, private discussions, and long submerged memories.
Series
Eliminating health disparities volume monograph no. 1
Publisher
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Office of Health Disparities
Pub. Date
[2008]
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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"In the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon-three enigmatic siblings-are found shot to death in their home. The people of West Mills- on both sides of the canal that serves as the town's color line-are in a frenzy of finger-pointing, gossip, and wonder. The crime is the first reported murder in the area in decades, but the white authorities don't seem to have any interest in solving the case....
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