Fighting Jim Crow Discrimination and Segregation in Healthcare
Fighting Jim Crow Discrimination and Segregation in Healthcare
Please join Mike Dixon as he examines the nature of health care for African Americans prior to the passage of modern Civil Rights legislation in the mid-1960s. As people of color struggled with medical needs, they also grappled on another front—segregation and discrimination in the medical system. The program seeks to understand this little-known history by spotlighting the unexplored story on Delmarva, while placing it in the larger regional and national context. Topics include the contributions of African American doctors, nurses, and caregivers; the advances of the Black hospital system, the unique narrative on Delmarva, the struggles by activists to overcome racism, and the movement for equality in medicine and health.
This program is provided free and sponsored by a grant through Delaware Humanities and the Milton Public Library.
- Date:
- Friday, February 16, 2024
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time
- Location:
- Room 3, Room 4
- Library:
- Milton Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- History and Genealogy