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Study: Black Women in U.S. Killed at Horrifying Rate

February 27, 2026

2.27.26 โ€“ Dr. Tameka Gillum co-wrote a study published last year by the American Journal of Public Health that declared the high rate of Black women murdered in America a โ€œpublic health crisis.โ€ That study examined more than 30,000 homicides between 1999 and 2020 and found a massive disparity in homicide rates between Black and white women. This week, Gillum sits down with contributor Russell Contreras to discuss her findings and consider how structural racism has made life more dangerous for Black women.ย 

Correspondent:ย Russell Contrerasย 

Guest:ย Dr. Tameka Gillum, PhD., Associate Professor, University of New Mexicoย 

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