Alonna Carter

Alonna J. Carter is a freelance writer, editor, genealogist, historian, and Pittsburgh native. Her research interests are in African-American genealogy and history, cultural commentary, and health and wellness. Carter's work has been seen in the Soul Pitt Quarterly, The New Pittsburgh Courier, Public Source, and the Western Pennsylvania Guide to Good Health. In addition, her poetry has been showcased in The Dreamers Anthology: Writing Inspired by the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank.

Western Pennsylvania Guide to Good Health • 7th June 2019

Finding My Way to Fit – How a Health Scare Changed My Mind about Exercise

Finding My Way to Fit: How a Health Scare Changed My Mind about Exercise By Alonna J. Carter I was at work simply filling donut cases but I felt like I couldn't swallow and my neck felt squeezed. I immediately left and went to see my doctor, praying that it was nothing serious. After close examination, he informed me that I had a thyroid condition and that the pressure I was feeling in my neck was from my thyroid being enlarged. So: What the heck is a thyroid? The thyroid is a gland in the nec

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PublicSource | News for a better Pittsburgh • 7th June 2019

Getting In the Game: Physical Activity is a win-win for black girls

Getting in the game: Physical activity is a win-win for black girls With 57 percent of American black women 20 and older considered to be obese, it’s a necessity to start healthy habits young

The New Pittsburgh Courier • 3rd June 2019

Preserving the historic ‘Negro Mountain’

MEMBERS OF THE EDNA B. MCKENZIE BRANCH of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, at Negro Mountain, May 11. by Alonna J. Carter, For New Pittsburgh Courier On May 11, members of the Edna B. McKenzie branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) traveled to Negro Mountain in Garrett County, Maryland, to clean the area of litter, while always respecting the significance of this space in African American history. The Edna B. McK