We helped build with our backs, our blood and our might. Fight we must and demand we did. We marched to make known our stand that our freedom and equality was worth dying for - and some did. With Black Power, Black Panthers and Black Pride, we began to reclaim the pride of our heritage. We began to fight the system, through education, law, politics, religion and family.
Hospice care is just one of many health-care options underutilized in our community.
Of the 2.4 million Americans who die each year, less than 25 percent actually do at home. Hospices around the United States served more than 700,000 patients in 1999 with 75 percent of the patients dying at home. NHF research also shows that more than 83 percent of the population doesn't know about hospice care. The numbers are even greater in the African-American community. Of the 700,000 patients receiving hospice care in 1999, less than 10 percent were African-American.