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Author Ridlon, Florence, 1946-

Title A black physician's struggle for civil rights : Edward C. Mazique, M.D. / Florence Ridlon
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 391 pages) : illustrations
Series Sixties--primary documents and personal narratives, 1960-1974.
Contents A country boy -- Shedding the shackles of Natchez -- The nation's capital-a city of inconsistencies -- Being a doctor is not enough -- The battle continues -- A year at the helm -- Health care for all -- Battles on the home front -- The turmoil of the sixties -- City of hope, city of despair -- Continuing challenges and new honors
Summary "This biography traces the career of an African American physician and civil rights advocate, Edward Craig Mazique (1911-1987), from the poverty and discrimination of Natchez, Mississippi, to his status as a prominent physician in Washington, D.C. Florence Ridlon relates how Dr. Mazique's grandfather went from being a slave to becoming one of the largest landowners in Adams County, Mississippi. This story of one man's accomplishments, in spite of many opposing forces, is also a chapter in the struggle of African Americans to achieve equality in the twentieth century."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-381) and index
Notes English
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Subject Mazique, Edward Craig, 1911-1987.
SUBJECT Mazique, Edward Craig, 1911-1987 fast
Subject African American physicians -- Biography
Minorities -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Right to health -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Health services accessibility -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- United States -- Biography
Physicians -- United States -- Biography
Civil Rights -- history -- United States
History, 20th Century -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
African American physicians
Health services accessibility
Minorities -- Medical care
Right to health
United States
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004023086
ISBN 9780826333414
0826333419
1283635305
9781283635301
661394775X
9786613947758