02842nam 2200613 450 991046101340332120210729162730.01-4529-4816-X0-8166-7875-8(CKB)2670000000131339(EBL)819528(OCoLC)768082780(SSID)ssj0000632734(PQKBManifestationID)11393581(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632734(PQKBWorkID)10616177(PQKB)11471319(StDuBDS)EDZ0001178005(MiAaPQ)EBC819528(OCoLC)838809624(MdBmJHUP)muse29955(Au-PeEL)EBL819528(CaPaEBR)ebr10519771(CaONFJC)MIL525797(EXLCZ)99267000000013133920110928d2011 uy 0engurcn#---|||||txtccrBody and soul the Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination /Alondra NelsonMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20111 online resource (310 pages)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Between its founding in 1966 and its formal end in 1980, the Black Panther Party blazed a distinctive trail in American political culture. The Black Panthers are most often remembered for their revolutionary rhetoric and militant action. Here Alondra Nelson deftly recovers an indispensable but lesser-known aspect of the organization's broader struggle for social justice: health care. The Black Panther Party's health activism-its network of free health clinics, its campaign to raise awareness about genetic disease, and its challenges to medical discrimination-was an expression of its founding pMinoritiesMedical careUnited StatesDiscrimination in medical careUnited StatesRace discriminationUnited StatesMinoritiesMedical careDiscrimination in medical careRace discrimination362.1089/96073Nelson Alondra1046907MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQCaOWtUBOOK9910461013403321Body and soul2474177UNINA