Session 1: Segregation and Civil Rights in the American Health System
Government, Policy, & International Relations
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36m
In academic histories and popular films and novels, the US civil rights movement centers on bus boycotts, voting booths, water fountains, classrooms, and courtrooms. But did protesters ever picket doctor's offices, hospitals, medical schools, or public health clinics? Join Karen Kruse Thomas from the Bloomberg School of Public Health as she explores the medical civil rights movement and its larger impact on major policy reforms in health, education, and social welfare. Understand the history behind racial disparities in health access and outcomes that continue to inform national debates over issues such as Black Lives Matter and the response to COVID-19. Session 1 focuses on scientific racism in medicine and public health.
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