African Americans entered the twentieth century and influenced how they experienced the 1918 influenza epidemic. Dr. Gamble will analyze the impact of these inequalities on African Americans’ experiences and responses to the 1918 influenza epidemic. It will highlight the resilience of the Black community in the face of this crisis. The talk will also connect the 1918 epidemic to COVID-19 to illuminate how epidemic disease continues to expose the racial inequalities in the United States. There will also be time for Q&A. Refreshments provided.
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Find out more about the American Studies Research Group who are facilitating Dr Gamble's visit and speaker series: https://americanstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/benjamin-meaker-distinguished-professor-speaker-series/.