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Through sweeping narrative and meticulous research\, Carr uncovers the untold history of Black medical professionals who dedicated their lives to healing their communities while navigating a system designed to keep them out.

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At the heart of the book is the remarkable story of Carr&rsquo\;s own great-grandfather\, Dr. Lawre nce St. Clair Ferguson &mdash\; a Jamaican-born physician who served in Wo rld War I and trained during the Spanish Flu pandemic\, \; whose journ ey from colonial Jamaica to a racially divided America anchors a much larg er reckoning with history. From the founding of America&rsquo\;s first fou r-year Black medical school to the devastation of the Flexner Report\, Car r traces how institutions of power systematically dismantled Black medical excellence\, and how that history lives in the disparities we see today.< /p>\n


During the COVID-19 pandemic\, Black Americans died at nearl y twice the rate of white Americans. The Price of Exclusion asks the quest ion we can no longer afford to ignore: How did we get here &mdash\; and wh at will it take to finally change course?

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At a moment when d iversity\, equity\, and inclusion in medicine are under political attack\, this conversation is both timely and necessary. Learn more about the Auth or and book below.

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About the Author

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Nic ole Carr \;is an award-winning investigative journalist\, pro fessor\, and speaker based in Atlanta\, GA. Her work has explored the inte rsection of race\, politics\, education and democracy. Carr&rsquo\;s repor ting has appeared in numerous national and local outlets including \;< em>ProPublica\, PBS Frontline\, The Brooklyn Public Library&rsquo\;s Borrowed and Banned podcast\, \;The Emancipator\, The Atl anta Journal-Constitution\, various television stations and networks\ , as well as public media across the country. She is a four-time Emmy awar d winning journalist. Her long-form narrative investigation into the anti- DEI movement earned a 2023 Sidney Award and her essay commentary on the de mocratizing force of the \;historic Black press won a 2025 award in Op -Ed from the American Society of Authors and Editors . Carr teaches journa lism at Morehouse College. She is a proud graduate of Winston-Salem State and Syracuse Universities and is currently a Ph.D. student in the Humaniti es at Clark Atlanta University. Carr\, her husband and three children resi de in Georgia.
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In Conversation with

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Jummy \;Olabanji co-a nchors News4 Today\, the #1 morning news in Washington\, D.C.A native of F airfax County\, Olabanji has spent most of her life in Virginia\, graduati ng from Westfield High School in Chantilly and Virginia Tech. She earned a Master's degree in Communication and Leadership Studies from Gonzaga Univ ersity. Olabanji started her journalism career as an intern for NBC4. She has also worked for stations in Charlottesville\, Norfolk\, and New York C ity.She has been honored for her work with two national Edward R. Murrow A wards for breaking news anchor coverage\, two Virginia Associated Press Aw ards and eight EMMY Awards.Olabanji is an advocate for organ donation and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation. She is a lso a member of the National Association of Black Journalists\, The Links\ , Incorporated\, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, Incorporated. Olabanji l ives with her husband and their baby daughter in Washington\, D.C.

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About the Book

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From award-win ning journalist Nicole Carr comes a landmark narrative re vealing the untold history of Black medical professionals who have long fo ught to heal their communities&mdash\;while confronting a system built to exclude them.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic\, Black Americans died at nearly twice the rate of their white counterparts&mdash\;a disparity ro oted not only in access to care but in a long history of exclusion\, explo itation\, and systemic racism. How did we get here\, and why\, despite gen erations of Black medical excellence\, do these inequities persist? In&nbs p\;The Price of Exclusion\, journalist Nicole Carr uncovers that history a nd its urgent consequences\, exposing the hidden toll of America&rsquo\;s refusal to value Black doctors and their patients.

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At the center i s the extraordinary life of Carr&rsquo\;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 f rom colonial Jamaica to a racially divided America provides both an intima te family portrait and a sweeping history of how Black physicians persever ed despite segregation\, erasure\, and relentless barriers to practice.

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Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research\, Carr resurrects the lives of pioneers who transformed medicine against impossible odds. F rom America&rsquo\;s first four-year medical school located at a historica lly Black college in North Carolina to the generations of Black physicians whose contributions were pushed aside by institutions of power\, Carr sho ws how these figures were not only doctors but also advocates and innovato rs whose work reshaped public health and opened doors for those who follow ed.

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Carr also reveals the systemic campaigns that actively disempo wered Black doctors\, from the American Medical Association&rsquo\;s exclu sionary policies to the devastating closures of Black medical schools afte r the Flexner Report. That legacy fuels today&rsquo\;s shortage of Black m edical professionals and the lingering distrust in medicine that continues to cost lives.

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Bold\, moving\, and essential\, \;The Price of Exclusion \;is both a necessary history and a testament to the resili ence of Black medical pioneers past and present. At a moment when diversit y\, equity\, and inclusion in medicine are under political attack\, Carr f orces us to reckon with the past while imagining a future where healthcare truly values every single life.

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