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Medical students use momentum of anti-racism movement to advocate for change

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Medical students use momentum of anti-racism movement to advocate for change AAMC On June 5, Debbie Fadoju stood before the hundreds gathered on the lawn at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and raised her voice. Fadoju, a second-year medical student, had organized the White Coats For Black Lives demonstration — mirroring similar demonstrations on dozens of medical campuses across the country — less than two weeks after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by Derek Chauvin, a White police officer, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The protesters, many in their white coats and nearly all wearing masks, knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds — the amount of time Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck. READ MORE

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