{"product_id":"the-price-of-exclusion-the-pursuit-of-healthcare","title":"The Price of Exclusion \/\/ The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation (Pre-order, June 16 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom award-winning journalist Nicole Carr comes a landmark narrative revealing the untold history of Black medical professionals who have long fought to heal their communities\u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003ewhile confronting a system built to exclude them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Americans died at nearly twice the rate of their white counterparts—a disparity rooted not only in access to care but in a long history of exclusion, exploitation, and systemic racism. How did we get here, and why, despite generations of Black medical excellence, do these inequities persist? In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Price of Exclusion\u003c\/em\u003e, journalist Nicole Carr uncovers that history and its urgent consequences, exposing the hidden toll of America’s refusal to value Black doctors and their patients.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the center is the extraordinary life of Carr’s great-grandfather, Dr. Lawrence St. Clair Ferguson, a Jamaican-born physician who served in World War I and attended medical school during the Spanish Flu pandemic. His journey from colonial Jamaica to a racially divided America provides both an intimate family portrait and a sweeping history of how Black physicians persevered despite segregation, erasure, and relentless barriers to practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough vivid storytelling and meticulous research, Carr resurrects the lives of pioneers who transformed medicine against impossible odds. From America’s first four-year medical school located at a historically Black college in North Carolina to the generations of Black physicians whose contributions were pushed aside by institutions of power, Carr shows how these figures were not only doctors but also advocates and innovators whose work reshaped public health and opened doors for those who followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarr also reveals the systemic campaigns that actively disempowered Black doctors, from the American Medical Association’s exclusionary policies to the devastating closures of Black medical schools after the Flexner Report. That legacy fuels today’s shortage of Black medical professionals and the lingering distrust in medicine that continues to cost lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBold, moving, and essential,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Price of Exclusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis both a necessary history and a testament to the resilience of Black medical pioneers past and present. At a moment when diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine are under political attack, Carr forces us to reckon with the past while imagining a future where healthcare truly values every single life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicole Carr \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an award-winning investigative journalist, professor, and speaker based in Atlanta, GA. Her work has explored the intersection of race, politics, education and democracy. Carr’s reporting has appeared in numerous national and local outlets including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eProPublica, PBS Frontline\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, The Brooklyn Public Library’s Borrowed and Banned podcast, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Emancipator, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, various television stations and networks, as well as public media across the country. She is a four-time Emmy award winning journalist. Her long-form narrative investigation into the anti-DEI movement earned a 2023 Sidney Award and her essay commentary on the democratizing force of the historic Black press won a 2025 award in Op-Ed from the American Society of Authors and Editors . Carr teaches journalism at Morehouse College. She is a proud graduate of Winston-Salem State and Syracuse Universities and is currently a Ph.D. student in the Humanities at Clark Atlanta University. 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