From Civil Rights to Food Rights: The Historical Black Advocacy of Food as Medicine

From Civil Rights to Food Rights: The Historical Black Advocacy of Food as Medicine

By Refilwe Queen M   Introduction The Civil Rights Movement in the United States is often remembered for its push toward equality in voting rights, education, and public accommodations. Yet, beneath these struggles lay a quieter revolution: the fight to redefine health as a fundamental human right. Black communities, excluded from equitable healthcare and burdened by poverty, turned to nutrition […]

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