<i>Why Black People Die Sooner</i> is another tour de force from Joseph L. Graves Jr. He shines a bright light on the persistently devastating inequalities in health among races and offers solutions for society and health care. A brilliant synthesis and a must-read.

- Alan H. Goodman, former president of the American Anthropological Association,

With characteristic brilliance and force, Graves demolishes the errors of conventional medical thinking premised on widely misconceived beliefs about supposed human races. In their place, he offers a deep reformulation of medicine that draws from the cutting edges of genomics, transcriptomics, and evolutionary biology. Remarkably powerful, profoundly considered, this book unflinchingly presents a medical tragedy of maltreatment yet counterbalances it with an inspiring vision of an alternative future for medicine that would indeed work for everyone.

- Michael R. Rose, University of California, Irvine,

A unique must-read whodunnit. The author convincingly, skillfully and delightfully weaves together evidence from history, evolution, human genetics, science, medicine and personal experiences. The answer? Not genetics, but injustices beginning on slave ships and continuing today as ever-morphing forms of health disparities, societal inequities and racism. Read and find out!

- Joel S. Brown, Moffitt Cancer Center,

Joseph Graves, Jr. skillfully combines his expertise on biological and social conceptions of race with historical and contemporary dimensions of modern medicine to illustrate the inevitable links between dehumanization of black bodies and premature death. Outstanding and timely work that explicates the problems and their origins and offers actionable solutions!

- Charmaine DM Royal, Duke University,