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Book SynopsisTheir tireless efforts in creating this eminent Black institution changed the landscape of medical education and the racial and ethnic makeup of physicians and health care professions.
Trade ReviewAn excellent resource for researchers interested in the unique story of the creation and development of African American medical schools in the US. Choice The Morehouse Mystique will be of value to many readers: those interested in twentieth century American history and American medical education, African-American medical schools, and health care inequities. It can also be thought of as a case study in how to start up a medical school, how to develop a board of directors, and how to work with strong and nationally-known personalities. -- Martha E. Stone Watermark ... This books does an excellent job of describing the conditions that made the Morehouse School of Medicine a much needed institution... The Journal of African Americal History
Table of ContentsForeword, by Barbara Bush
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. African Americans and the Medical Profession
2. Birth of a Medical School
3. Building His Bike as He Rides It
4. Coming into Its Own
5. Leadership in Transition
6. A Controversy Erupts
7. Recovering from Turmoil
8. Nurturing Students
Conclusion
Appendix: Alumni Carrying Out the Mission
Notes
Index
