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November 17, 2024
TOM WOLFE / CC BY 2.0 The data in JH-CROWN have been used to develop prediction tools like CIRC and SCARP.
COURTESY OF KATY WILNER The first African American student graduated from the School of Medicine in 1967.
COURTESY OF ELIZABETH BARBUSH People march in support of the House for a House program, which promised Middle East residents remodeled homes in exchange for their original ones.
COURTESY OF ELIZABETH BARBUSH Activists have condemned the University’s history of gentrifying communities of color.
COURTESY OF ELIZABETH BARBUSH Allergies from exposure to dust mite feces can cause asthma, a risk factor for COVID-19.
COURTESY OF KATY WILNER During the 1990s, the Kennedy Krieger Institute conducted a controversial study on the health effects of lead paint on predominantly Black children.
COURTESY OF ELIZABETH BARBUSH Gresham stands before boarded-up homes that EBDI promised to renovate.
COURTESY OF ELIZABETH BARBUSH Lisa Williams, one of SMEAC’s founders, visits the empty lot where her home once stood.
COURTESY OF ELIZABETH BARBUSH Some Middle East residents first learned that they were being relocated from the news.
FILE PHOTO In August, the Coalition Against Policing by Hopkins marched in East Baltimore, calling on the University to cancel its plans for a private police force.
COURTESY OF RUDY MALCOM In 2016, Baltimore entered into a 10-year Payment in Lieu of Taxes agreement with anchor institutions such as Hopkins Hospital.
COURTESY OF KATY WILNER Hopkins Hospital has used hardball tactics to sue thousands of Black and low-income patients in East Baltimore.
FILE PHOTO End Medical Debt Maryland held a rally in April in support of the Medical Debt Protection Act, which awaits Governor Hogan’s signature.
FILE PHOTO The myth that Johns Hopkins was an abolitionist was parroted for almost a century.
COURTESY OF KATY WILNER Using money from Johns Hopkins’ bequest of $7 million, the Hospital was founded in 1889 to serve Baltimoreans “without regard to sex, age or color.”
