Session Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the history of African Americans and the 1918 influenza epidemic;
2. Analyze how epidemics reveal racial inequities in American society;
3. Trace the historical links between the 1918 influenza epidemic and COVID-19 in African American communities.

Presenter:
Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD
University Professor of Medical Humanities, Professor of Health Policy and American Studies, Professor of Medicine
The George Washington University

Dr. Gamble has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.