A Black Physician S Struggle For Civil Rights
DOWNLOAD
Download A Black Physician S Struggle For Civil Rights PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get A Black Physician S Struggle For Civil Rights book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
A Black Physician S Struggle For Civil Rights
DOWNLOAD
Author : Florence Ridlon
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2005
A Black Physician S Struggle For Civil Rights written by Florence Ridlon and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"This powerful biography traces the career of an African American physician and civil rights advocate, Edward Craig Mazique (1911-1987), from the poverty and discrimination of Natchez, Mississippi, to his status as a prominent physician in Washington, D.C. Florence Ridlon relates how Dr. Mazique's grandfather went from being a slave to becoming one of the largest landowners in Adams County, Mississippi. This moving story of one man's accomplishments, in spite of many opposing forces, is also a chapter in the struggle of African Americans to achieve equality in the twentieth-century. At a time when blacks were being denied entry into the American Medical Association and the staffs of most hospitals, Dr. Mazique was president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society and the National Medical Association, black counterparts to the all-white District Medical Society and American Medical Association. Dr. Mazique worked closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as well as black physicians, to expand the availability of health care at a time when many conservative physicians, both black and white, opposed the establishment of Medicare and other federal health programs. Much of this story is in Dr. Mazique's own words, taken from interviews with the author. What emerges from this biography is a picture of an exceptional but very human man, who, despite discrimination and repression, excelled beyond all expectations. FromA Black Physician's Struggle for Civil Rights "The power he had! I don't think there was a president that occupied that White House that didn't have him there for consultation. He was so respected as a human being, above and beyond medicine. When the people in the Civil Rights movement would say things to government people, they were suspect because they had to make political decisions. Eddie was someone they could call in who they not only trusted but respected. He had the type of integrity that even if government leaders wouldn't listen to his advice or follow up, the civil rights people knew when he went to see presidents and stuff, he wasn't back there lying. That was the great thing about him--his honesty and integrity."--comedian and political activist, Dick Gregory, speaking about Dr. Mazique in an interview with Florence Ridlon"
The Racial Divide In American Medicine
DOWNLOAD
Author : Richard D. deShazo
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2018-07-30
The Racial Divide In American Medicine written by Richard D. deShazo and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-30 with History categories.
The Racial Divide in American Medicine documents the struggle for equity in health and health care by African Americans in Mississippi and the United States and the connections between what happened there and the national search for social justice in health care. Dr. Richard D. deShazo and the contributors to the volume trace the dark journey from a system of slave hospitals in the state, through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the civil rights era, to the present day. They substantiate that current health disparities are directly linked to America's history of separation, neglect, struggle, and disparities. Contributors reveal details of individual physicians' journeys for recognition both as African Americans and as professionals in Mississippi. Despite discrimination by their white colleagues and threats of violence, a small but fearless group of African American physicians fought for desegregation of American medicine and society. For example, T. R. M. Howard, MD, in the all-black city of Mound Bayou led a private investigation of the Emmett Till murder that helped trigger the civil rights movement. Later, other black physicians risked their lives and practices to provide care for white civil rights workers during the civil rights movement. DeShazo has assembled an accurate account of the lives and experiences of black physicians in Mississippi, one that gives full credit to the actions of these pioneers. DeShazo's introduction and the essays address ongoing isolation and distrust among black and white colleagues. This book will stimulate dialogue, apology, and reconciliation, with the ultimate goal of improving disparities in health and health care and addressing long-standing injustices in our country.
Beaches Blood And Ballots
DOWNLOAD
Author : Gilbert R. Mason
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2007-06-11
Beaches Blood And Ballots written by Gilbert R. Mason and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The first book to focus on the integration of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Good Doctors
DOWNLOAD
Author : John Dittmer
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2017-01-31
The Good Doctors written by John Dittmer and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-31 with History categories.
In the summer of 1964 medical professionals, mostly white and northern, organized the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) to provide care and support for civil rights activists organizing black voters in Mississippi. They left their lives and lucrative private practices to march beside and tend the wounds of demonstrators from Freedom Summer, the March on Selma, and the Chicago Democratic Convention of 1968. Galvanized and sometimes radicalized by their firsthand view of disenfranchised communities, the MCHR soon expanded its mission to encompass a range of causes from poverty to the war in Vietnam. They later took on the whole of the United States healthcare system. MCHR doctors soon realized fighting segregation would mean not just caring for white volunteers, but also exposing and correcting shocking inequalities in segregated health care. They pioneered community health plans and brought medical care to underserved or unserved areas. Though education was the most famous battleground for integration, the appalling injustice of segregated health care levelled equally devastating consequences. Award-winning historian John Dittmer, author of the classic civil rights history Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi, has written an insightful and moving account of a group of idealists who put their careers in the service of the motto "Health Care Is a Human Right."
Black Physicians In The Jim Crow South
DOWNLOAD
Author : Thomas J. Ward
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 2010-02-01
Black Physicians In The Jim Crow South written by Thomas J. Ward and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-01 with Social Science categories.
Drawing on a variety of sources from oral histories to the records of professional organizations, Thomas J. Ward, Jr. examines the development of the African American medical profession in the South. Illuminating the contradictions of race and class, this research provides valuable new insight into class divisions within African American communities in the era of segregation.
African American Doctors Of World War I
DOWNLOAD
Author : W. Douglas Fisher
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-12-03
African American Doctors Of World War I written by W. Douglas Fisher and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-03 with History categories.
In World War I, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black combat units. The infantry regiments of the 93rd arrived first and were turned over to the French to fill gaps in their decimated lines. The 92nd Division came later and fought alongside other American units. Some of those doctors rose to prominence; others died young or later succumbed to the economic and social challenges of the times. Beginning with their assignment to the Medical Officers Training Camp (Colored)--the only one in U.S. history--this book covers the early years, education and war experiences of these physicians, as well as their careers in the black communities of early 20th century America.
A Black Physician S Story
DOWNLOAD
Author : Douglas L. Conner
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 1985
A Black Physician S Story written by Douglas L. Conner and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The autobiography of a black doctor in white Mississippi during the Jim Crow era and the fierce struggle for civil rights
Health Care Revolt
DOWNLOAD
Author : Michael Fine
language : en
Publisher: PM Press
Release Date : 2018-09-01
Health Care Revolt written by Michael Fine and has been published by PM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-01 with Political Science categories.
The U.S. does not have a health system. Instead we have market for health-related goods and services, a market in which the few profit from the public’s ill-health. Health Care Revolt looks around the world for examples of health care systems that are effective and affordable, pictures such a system for the U.S., and creates a practical playbook for a political revolution in health care that will allow the nation to protect health while strengthening democracy. Dr. Fine writes with the wisdom of a clinician, the savvy of a state public health commissioner, the precision of a scholar, and the energy and commitment of a community organizer.
Physicians For The People
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jack D. Ellis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2025-02-15
Physicians For The People written by Jack D. Ellis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-15 with History categories.
In Physicians for the People, Jack D. Ellis illuminates the post-Civil War lives of Black physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and midwives, highlighting both the causes of health care disparities among African Americans and the reasons for their continued underrepresentation in medical professions.
Caring For Equality
DOWNLOAD
Author : David McBride
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-08-24
Caring For Equality written by David McBride and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-24 with History categories.
In Caring for Equality David McBride chronicles the struggle by African Americans and their white allies to improve poor black health conditions as well as inadequate medical care—caused by slavery, racism, and discrimination—since the arrival of African slaves in America.