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Without Hamer’s knowledge or consent, the white doctor conducting what was supposed to be a minor procedure decided to remove Hamer’s uterus, rendering the activist infertile.

None escaped Kellogg’s favourite treatment: a daily ritual to purify the gut of ‘harmful bacteria’ consisting of the administration of the ‘Bulgarian milk preparation’ at both ends.

In Sunflower County, where Hamer had been sterilized, at least 60 percent of the Black women experienced forced sterilizations following pregnancy.72 Deemed “unfit” to reproduce by white physicians and other state officials, Black women who entered hospitals for routine procedures ran the risk of

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