Power to heal : Medicare and the civil rights revolution / a film by Barbara Berney ; a co-production of BLB Productions, LLC and WETA Washington, D.C. ; produced by Barbara Berney, Roberta Friedman, Daniel Loewenthal ; directed by Charles Burnett & Daniel Loewenthal ; writer and contributing producer, Anna Reid Jhirad.
Publisher:
Bullfrog Films,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (56 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Introduction and credits -- Hidden history of medical segregation -- Separate and never equal : segregation kills -- Segregation in the North -- Hill-Burton Act expands and subsidizes segregation -- Institutional racism limits training and practice -- Challenge segregation after WWII -- Dr. Simkins sues to end separate but equal -- Passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Health professionals document discrimination during Freedom Summer -- The fight for Medicare -- HEW becomes a civil rights enforcement agency -- HEW begins the push to integrate hospitals -- Inspecting the hospitals to insure desegregation -- One month left : showdown over compliance -- Victory : integration and aftermath -- Credits.
Summary:
"Power To Heal tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country in a matter of months ... [The film] illustrates how Movement leaders and grass-roots volunteers pressed and worked with the federal government to achieve justice and fairness for African-Americans"--From container.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.