"I'm the most doctor-tested man alive." Eric Wilson "Hank" Gathers Jr. was an American college basketball player for the Loyola Marymount ... Read More
Black History of Health
Black History of Health: Eric Berry
"'You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live' ~Stuart Scott." After posting that quote on his ... Read More
Black History of Health: Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe accomplished many firsts in his lifetime. In 1963, the gifted tennis player made history as the first Black player to ... Read More
Black History of Health: Venus Williams
Venus Willams is incomparable. One of the most decorated tennis players in its history, she has managed to come out as the victor of ... Read More
Black History of Health: Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis, the characteristically deep-voiced actor, blazed a path for Black actors on stage and screen for years with his wife and acting ... Read More
Black History of Health: Roxie Roker
Lenny Kravitz has shared that Johnny Cash held him when he learned of his mother’s death in 1995. He was so pained that he wrote a song ... Read More
Black History of Health: Kareem Abdul-Jabar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has built a career of being a dominating force in the NBA. The basketball legend has taken on some of the most ... Read More
Black History of Health: Ray Charles
Frank Sinatra called him “the only true genius in show business.” Billy Joel said that he” was more important than Elvis Presley.” To his ... Read More
Black History of Health: Barry White
Over a four-decade career, Barry White sold more than 100 million records, charted dozens of gold and platinum albums and earned two Grammy ... Read More
Black History of Health: James Brown
When James Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 at age 73, officials at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital Midtown cited congestive heart ... Read More
Black Health History: Don Baylor
Don Baylor was always a team player. While in the MLB, he had a career that spanned nearly two decades and spent 19 seasons in the league ... Read More
Black History of Health: Della Reese
When we interviewed legendary entertainer Della Reese in July 2017, she stated then that her life was at stake due to her battle with ... Read More