Making a place for ourselves : the Black hospital movement, 1920-1945 / Vanessa Northington Gamble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamble, Vanessa Northington.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Hospitals--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Black hospital movement, 1920-1945

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Making a Place for Ourselves examines an important but not widely chronicled event at the intersection of African-American history and American medical history--the black hospital movement. A practical response to the racial realities of American life, the movement was a ""self-help"" endeavor--immediate improvement of separate medical institutions insured the advancement and health of African Americans until the slow process of integration could occur. Recognizing that their careers depended on access to hospitals, black physicians associated with the two leading black medical societies, the

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: Roots of the Black Hospital Reform Movement; TWO: At the Vanguard: The National Medical Association and the National Hospital Association; THREE: ""Where Shall We Work and Whom Are We to Serve?"": The Battle for the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital; FOUR: Black Hospitals and White Philanthropy; FIVE: ""Progressive Disappointment and Defeat"": The Provident Hospital Project; SIX: Cleveland-A Black Hospital at Last; Conclusion: The Black Hospital-A Vanishing Medical Institution; Manuscript Collections; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S

TU; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-243) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-536006-0

1-280-53356-0

9786610533565

OCLC:

435813307