CHAPTER ONE: Intertwined Epidemics – Living in an Environment of Risk It was, perhaps, the defining moment of 2004 for Black America. Entertainment giant Bill Cosby took to the podium at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and lashed into poor African Americans. In…

Just being aware of a threat is only the first step in confronting it. In order to interrupt the devastation that HIV has had in African American communities, we must also understand the political and social forces that help shape the epidemic—as well as our nation’s response to it. The…