Wednesday February 29, 1 - 2 pm: History of Black Medicine

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Karen Kruse Thomas, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, examines the history of health care delivery in the American south, including Maryland, between 1935 and 1954, and the parallel history of civil rights. Her new book, "Deluxe Jim Crow," chronicles the struggles of the Roosevelt administration as it debated building "separate but equal" hospitals and clinics for southern blacks. Also joining us: Nathaniel Wesley Jr., author of "Black Hospitals in America: History, Contributions and Demise."