{"product_id":"african-american-hospitals-in-north-phoebe-ann-pollitt-9781476667249","title":"African American Hospitals in North Carolina: 39 Institutional Histories, 1880-1967","description":"\u003cp\u003e Untold thousands of black North Carolinians suffered or died during the Jim Crow era because they were denied admittance to white-only hospitals. With little money, scant opportunities for professional education and few white allies, African American physicians, nurses and other community leaders created their own hospitals, schools of nursing and public health outreach efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phoebe Ann Pollitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476667241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476667249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Phoebe Ann Pollitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47200718586111,"sku":"9781476667249","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1abaed41-847b-4985-b4d4-884099eecb28.jpg?v=1756787676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-american-hospitals-in-north-phoebe-ann-pollitt-9781476667249","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}