Physicians for the People : Black Doctors and the Struggle for Healthcare Equality in Alabama, 1870-1970 (Nexus: New Histories of Science, Technology, the Environment, Agriculture, and Medicine)

In Physicians for the People, Jack D. Ellis illuminates the post-Civil War lives of Black physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and midwives, highlighting both the causes of health care disparities among African Americans and the reasons for their continued underrepresentation in medical professions.