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William G. Anderson
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Defines osteopathic medicine and discusses
his role in the Civil Rights Movement |
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Biography |
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Reginald P. Ayala
Hospital Administrator |
| Excerpt 1: Institutional racism/discrimination in health care in Detroit |
| Excerpt 2: Observations regarding the demise of black proprietary hospitals |
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Arthur W. Boddie
Physician |
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Excerpt
1: Talks about hospital integration in Detroit
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Excerpt
2: Discusses the Fight for Freedom Dinner |
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Biography |
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Wilma Brakefield-Caldwell
Public Health Nurse Administrator |
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Excerpt:
Discusses the importance of education for improving
community health |
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Biography |
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Henry
Bryant Jr.
Physician |
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Talks
about other African American physicians in the Ann
Arbor/Ypsilanti area and whether there should be
African American hospitals |
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Biography |
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Alice Burton
Community resident, widow of DeWitt T.
Burton, co-founder of Burton Memorial Hospital |
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Excerpt:
Talks about Burton Mercy Hospital as an example
of the demise of black hospitals. Narrator recalls
her feeling about the hospital being torn down.
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Biography |
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Waldo L. Cain
Physician |
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Excerpt
1: Discusses technologically inferior black hospitals |
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Excerpt
2: Discusses how African American physicians forced
hospitals to begin reform |
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Biography |
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James W. Collins
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Talks about role models and their influence on his
education |
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Biography |
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Claude and Vivienne Cooper
Pharmacists |
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Excerpt:
Talks about the limited professional opportunities
available for blacks who were pharmacists during
the 1940s-60s |
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Biography |
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Gladys B. Dillard
Public Health Nurse |
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Excerpt:
Discusses segregation in nursing education and being
the first African American nursing graduate of Wayne
State University |
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Biography |
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George
Gaines Jr.
Clinical/Medical Social Worker |
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Excerpt:
Discusses the political implications of the bed-reduction
plan during the early 1970s |
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Biography |
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Leon Gant
Dentist |
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Excerpt:
Discusses increasing minority enrollment in dentistry
and the underlying quota system in the 1970s |
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Biography |
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Herman
J. Glass Sr.
Hospital Administrator |
| Excerpt: Individual counter-actions made against segregation in
"white" institutions |
| Biography |
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Della
Goodwin
Nurse and Dean |
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Excerpt:
Discusses hospital bed reduction in southeastern
Michigan and the founding location of Southwest
Detroit Hospital |
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Biography |
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Joseph
B. Harris
Dentist |
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Excerpt:
Gives some insight into the use of alternative and
home remedies for dental care by some Detroit residents,
as well as some of the folklore behind such uses.
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| Biography |
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Frank P. Iacobell
Hospital Administrator |
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Excerpt:
Discusses implementing job training and advancement
programs for unionized, primarily minority, employees
at Hutzel Hospital during the early 1960s |
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Biography |
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Horace L. Jefferson
Dentist |
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Excerpt:
Discusses some of his educational experiences at
the University of Michigan as well as the attitudes
people held about black hospitals |
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Biography |
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Sidney B. Jenkins
Psychiatrist |
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Excerpt:
Discusses the involvement of an African American
proprietary hospital in the establishment of a community
mental health center |
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Biography |
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Arthur
Johnson
Director, NAACP |
| Excerpt: Institutional racism/discrimination in health care in Detroit |
| Biography |
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Rachel B. Keith
Physician |
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Excerpt
1: Discusses some of the reasons African Americans
are reluctant to participate in research |
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Excerpt
2: Discusses her ingredient for success as a physician |
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Biography |
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William E. Lawson
Optometrist |
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Excerpt:
Discusses the establishment of the Optometric Institute
and Center of Detroit |
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Biography |
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Josephine
Love
Museum Director; widow of William Thomas
Love, Asst. Medical Examiner |
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Excerpt:
Discusses the Seminar Society founded by her late
husband and the relationship African American physicians
had with the community |
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Biography |
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Hayward
Maben Jr.
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Discusses some of his undergraduate and professional
medical experiences |
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Biography |
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Berna C. Mason
State of Michigan, Office of Financial and Administrative Service |
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Excerpt:
Discusses her relationship with Mother Bracey, an
informal neighborhood health provider |
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Biography |
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Suesetta T. McCree
Occupational Therapist |
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Excerpt:
Discusses the field of occupational therapy and
some of her educational experiences |
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Biography |
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Dorothy
Mottley
Public Health Nurse |
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Excerpt:
Opinions/observations regarding the demise
of black proprietary hospitals |
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Biography |
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Ophelia B. Northcross
Nurse and Hospital Administrator |
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Excerpt:
Discusses her migration to Detroit and racial discrimination
in finding employment in health care |
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Biography |
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Marjorie
Peebles-Meyers
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Discusses how her medical school experience was
affected by her African American identity |
| Biography |
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Frank
P. Raiford III
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Talks about his educational experiences at the University
of Michigan |
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Biography |
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Garther
Roberson Jr.
Minister |
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Excerpt:
Talks about the support system in place to help
family members who migrated from the South to Ypsilanti |
| Biography |
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S.L.
Roberson
Minister |
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Excerpt:
Discusses the connection between health and religious
beliefs |
| Biography |
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Elsie
Smith
Community resident |
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Excerpt:
Discusses attitudes and beliefs about health held
by some African Americans which may be passed on
to other generations |
| Biography |
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Fannie L. Starks
Nurse |
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Excerpt:
Discusses segregation in medical/nursing education
and the quality of care in black hospitals |
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Biography |
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Lionel F. Swan
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Discusses whether integration caused the demise
of black hospitals in Detroit |
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Biography |
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Natalia M. Tanner
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Discusses some of her educational experiences at
Meharry Medical College and her professional experience
with black hospitals in Detroit |
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Biography |
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Oretta
Mae Todd
Nurse and Dean |
| Excerpt: Individual counter-actions made against segregation in
"white" institutions |
| Biography |
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I. Clara Webb
Nurse |
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Excerpt:
Discusses the perceptions and attitudes of patients
toward black nurses, as well as the racial mix among
patients and employees at Harper Hospital |
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Biography |
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Charles F. Whitten
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Talks about organizing the community program on
sickle cell disease in Detroit |
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Biography |
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Charles
H. Wright
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Individual counter-actions made against segregation
in "white" institutions |
| Biography |
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Watson
Young
Physician |
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Excerpt:
Observations regarding the demise of black proprietary
hospitals |
| Biography |
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