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Author

Nelson, Alondra.

Title Body and soul [electronic resource] : the Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination / Alondra Nelson.

Imprint

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xviii, 289 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : serving the people body and soul -- African American responses to medical discrimination before 1966 -- Origins of Black Panther Party health activism -- The people's free medical clinics -- Spin doctors : the politics of sickle cell anemia -- As American as cherry pie : contesting the biologization of violence -- Conclusion : race and health in the post-civil rights era.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Black Panther Party.
	Minorities -- Medical care -- United States.
	Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
	Race discrimination -- United States.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780816676491 (pb alk. paper)
	9780816676484
	9780816678754 (electronic bk.)