The Police Tried to Make Me Medically Examine a Man Against His Will

On racism in medicine, body autonomy, and one Black doctor’s experience in the ER.

Source: Zora
Published: Jul 6, 2020
Length: 18 minutes (4,611 words)

Sold Back Into Slavery, She Sued for Restitution — and Won

Morgan Jerkins tells the story of Henrietta Wood — a woman sold back into slavery after being freed — who in 1878 was awarded $2,500, the largest known sum of restitution for enslavement by a United States court.

Source: Zora
Published: Aug 26, 2019
Length: 7 minutes (1,905 words)