 
By all medical accounts, James W. Quander was supposed to be dead by age 10 years. Living in racially segregated Washington, D.C. during the 1920s through the 1940s, James faced the obstacles of double discrimination - racial discrimination due to the lack of access to better jobs and economic opportunities on all levels; health-related discrimination, as many of his peers deliberately shunned him, characterizing his health condition as strange. They feared that they might catch what ever illness he appeared to have.
He remained in what he called, the "diabetic closet", and did not publicly "come out" until the 1970s. By then, the population at large was more familiar with diabetes and accepting of the fact that it was not a contagious health challenge. The book, The Quander Quality: The True Story of a Black Trailblazing Diabetic, is a wake-up call to those who may not know they have diabetes.
 Order your signed copy today by co-author Judge Rohulamin Quander. This is a fascinating story, one that everyone should read.
The author will be donating 50% of all proceeds to Howard University’s College of Medicine for diabetic education and research.
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