LEADER 02842nam 2200613 450 001 9910461013403321 005 20210729162730.0 010 $a1-4529-4816-X 010 $a0-8166-7875-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000131339 035 $a(EBL)819528 035 $a(OCoLC)768082780 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632734 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11393581 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632734 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10616177 035 $a(PQKB)11471319 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001178005 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC819528 035 $a(OCoLC)838809624 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29955 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL819528 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10519771 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525797 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000131339 100 $a20110928d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBody and soul $ethe Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination /$fAlondra Nelson 210 1$aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (310 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aBetween 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 p 606 $aMinorities$xMedical care$zUnited States 606 $aDiscrimination in medical care$zUnited States 606 $aRace discrimination$zUnited States 615 0$aMinorities$xMedical care 615 0$aDiscrimination in medical care 615 0$aRace discrimination 676 $a362.1089/96073 700 $aNelson$b Alondra$01046907 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bCaOWtU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461013403321 996 $aBody and soul$92474177 997 $aUNINA