Pollitt, Phoebe.

African American hospitals in North Carolina : 39 institutional histories, 1880-1967 / Phoebe Ann Pollitt. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2017. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

The author chronicles the important but largely unknown histories of more than 35 hospitals, the Leonard Medical School and 11 hospital-based schools of nursing established in North Carolina, and recounts the decades-long struggle for equal access to care and equal opportunities for African American health care professionals.



9781476630847


African Americans--Hospitals--History--North Carolina--19th century.
African Americans--Hospitals--History--North Carolina--20th century.
African Americans in medicine.
Equality--Health aspects.
African Americans--Medical care.
African Americans.


Electronic Books.

RA981 / .A375 2017