Ishmael Griffin's guest appearances

Ishmael Griffin

The Gist of Freedom   Preserving American History through Black Literature . . .

Cory Booker

Russell Simmons

Frederick Douglass

Paul Robeson

Eric Garner

Mike Brown

Emmanuel Jal

Walter Mosley

John Brown

Marcus Garvey

Jim Crow

Robert Smalls

David Walker

Yusef Salaam

Eric Holder

OwlTail

Bonnie Harrison

Dissicussion with COVID Survivor,  Dr. Ishmael Griffin, MD and Therapist Bonnie Harrison! The Hart Island Mass Gravesite was originally the home of Almshouses, charitable homes for the aged, orphaned and widows, this practice was adopted from the colonial era.  Harriet Tubman likewise donated her property in Auburn New York, for the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged.  Matthew 6:1-6  (KJV Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven...:That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. Victims of various pandemics – tuberculosis, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS – have been buried in secrecy, and sometimes in shame. The city refused to release the names of those buried there, until Melinda Hunt,  sued to obtain them. "So, all of the sudden in 2008, I had 50,000 burial records," Hunt said. She created the Hart Island Project, an online memorial.

Dissicussion with COVID Survivor,  Dr. Ishmael Griffin, MD and Therapist Bonnie Harrison! The Hart Island Mass Gravesite was originally the home of Almshouses, charitable homes for the aged, orphaned and widows, this practice was adopted from the colonial era.  Harriet Tubman likewise donated her property in Auburn New York, for the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged.  Matthew 6:1-6  (KJV Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven...:That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. Victims of various pandemics – tuberculosis, the Spanish Flu, and AIDS – have been buried in secrecy, and sometimes in shame. The city refused to release the names of those buried there, until Melinda Hunt,  sued to obtain them. "So, all of the sudden in 2008, I had 50,000 burial records," Hunt said. She created the Hart Island Project, an online memorial.

CoronaVirus Memorial: COVID Survivor Dr. Ishmael Griffin and Bonnie Harrison

Ebola, Staten Island Emergency Doctor, Ishmael Griffin Shares information.The largest Liberian community outside Monrovia is in Staten Island, New York.Concerns about Ebola have forced many in the community to cancel their trips back home, but some have left the US before the outbreak and their return sparks fear about the risk of an outbreak in New York.Among the biggest concerns is whether the outbreak could spread to the United States after two American missionaries contracted Ebola in Liberia.According to an infectious disease specialist with Staten Island University Hospital, it is highly unlikely."We aren't at risk of having an Ebola epidemic in America," said Dr. Ambreen Khalil. "Eighty to 90 percent of people die from Ebola, but it's not an American disease."In Little Liberia, Jalloh is not alone in her concern. Many Liberian-Americans share her fears. Momo Fully, a father of four, lost his cousin to Ebola in August. He worries the disease, which has killed more than 3,000 people in West Africa, could take hold in the United States.“People go back and forth all the time. There’s always the possibly of Ebola coming to America and spreading,” he said.Health experts stress that despite the first Ebola diagnosis on U.S. soil, chances of an outbreak are very slim, given the far superior hospital services here.

Ebola, Staten Island Emergency Doctor, Ishmael Griffin Shares information. The largest Liberian community outside Monrovia is in Staten Island, New York. Concerns about Ebola have forced many in the community to cancel their trips back home, but some have left the US before the outbreak and their return sparks fear about the risk of an outbreak in New York. Among the biggest concerns is whether the outbreak could spread to the United States after two American missionaries contracted Ebola in Liberia. According to an infectious disease specialist with Staten Island University Hospital, it is highly unlikely. "We aren't at risk of having an Ebola epidemic in America," said Dr. Ambreen Khalil. "Eighty to 90 percent of people die from Ebola, but it's not an American disease." In Little Liberia, Jalloh is not alone in her concern. Many Liberian-Americans share her fears. Momo Fully, a father of four, lost his cousin to Ebola in August. He worries the disease, which has killed more than 3,000 people in West Africa, could take hold in the United States. “People go back and forth all the time. There’s always the possibly of Ebola coming to America and spreading,” he said. Health experts stress that despite the first Ebola diagnosis on U.S. soil, chances of an outbreak are very slim, given the far superior hospital services here.

Ebola,  Staten Island Emergency Doctor, Ishmael Griffin Shares information