Fighting Jim Crow Discrimination and Segregation in Healthcare
Fighting Jim Crow Discrimination and Segregation in Healthcare
This program, presented by guest speaker Mike Dixon, 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 free program has been made possible in part by Delaware Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
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- Date:
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 8:00pm Eastern Time
- Location:
- Meeting Room
- Library:
- Woodlawn Public Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- History and Genealogy