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Black Maternal Healthcare, Culture, Health

Husband Sues California Hospital For The ‘Culture of Racism’ That Led To The Death Of His Wife During Labor

While the hospital refuses to acknowledge its biases, one husband and father is taking it to the courtroom.

By

Vanessa De Luca

Published

May 7, 2022
News, Race Matters

LA Hospital Sued for Death of Black Woman Shortly After Giving Birth

The trial against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for the 2016 death of Kira Dixon Johnson is set to start next week.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

May 5, 2022
Beauty + Style

Those Left Behind: Charles Johnson Wants to Support Families Reeling After Black Women Die in Childbirth

Because Kira Johnson was so amazing (she spoke five languages, skydived, raced cars), she has been the face of what many are now coming to see as a crisis in black maternal health. Kira Johnson put a face on what activists have known for years—that black women’s rates of death during or up to a…

By

Angela Helm

Published

April 16, 2019
News, Race Matters

Kira Johnson Spoke 5 Languages, Raced Cars, Was Daughter in Law of Judge Glenda Hatchett. She Still Died in Childbirth

By all accounts, Kira Johnson could be described as a phenomenal woman. She traveled extensively, spoke five languages, and even raced cars with her adoring husband of 10 years right by her side. The mother of one son, 19-month-old Charles Johnson V, Kira and her husband were ecstatic when they found out they were having…

By

Angela Helm

Published

October 19, 2018