Physicians for the People: Black Doctors and the Struggle for Health-Care Equality in Alabama, 1870–1970
Jack D. Ellis
The University of Alabama Press
Physicians for the People chronicles the remarkable stories of 241 Black doctors who practiced medicine in Alabama during the Jim Crow era.
Historian Jack D. Ellis reveals the ingenuity and resilience of these trailblazing doctors who defied segregation by establishing hospitals and clinics and providing vital healthcare to underserved Black communities.