John Henryism
The Hidden Health Costs of Relentless Determination In 1983, Sherman James and colleagues introduced a psychological concept known as John Henryism (JH), named after the...
Author : joe bodego
Sherman James
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Sherman A. James, an African American epidemiologist and health researcher, is renowned for his “John Henryism” hypothesis, which links premature mortality among African Americans to...
Frederick Stephen Humphries
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Frederick Stephen Humphries served as president of two historically black colleges – Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee, between 1974 and 1985, and Florida A&M...
Sekazi K. Mtingwa
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Research physicist and physics professor Sekazi K. Mtingwa was born on October 20, 1949, in Atlanta, Georgia. After receiving his B.S. degrees in physics and...
Dr. Olajide Williams
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Dr. Olajide Williams, MD, MS is a Professor and Chief of Staff of the Department of Neurology at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians...
Dr. Dorceta Taylor
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Dr. Dorceta Taylor is a professor at the Yale School for the Environment. Prior to that, she was a professor of environmental sociology at the...
Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry
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Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, Ph.D. was born and raised in New Jersey. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and obtained her MD/Ph.D. in...
Dr. Luther Hilton Foster Jr.
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Dr. Luther Hilton Foster Jr. was born March 21, 1913, on the campus of St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, VA., where his father was an...
Barbara E. Pope
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Barbara E. Pope, a prominent figure in American history, was born free in January 1854 to Hannah and Alfred Pope, former slaves who had gained...
Jonathan Myrick Daniels
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A contemporaneous news account identified Coleman as a deputy with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office. However, the FBI investigation at the time determined that while...