{"id":48689,"date":"2026-02-27T15:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=48689"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:42:20","slug":"study-black-women-in-u-s-killed-at-horrifying-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/study-black-women-in-u-s-killed-at-horrifying-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Black Women in U.S. Killed at Horrifying Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Study: Black Women in U.S. Killed at Horrifying Rate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qvd4oqTQFv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.27.26 <\/strong>\u2013 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 \u201cpublic health crisis.\u201d 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. 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