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Subseries 10.7
Crisis in Health Care for Black and Poor Americans records, 1983-1987
Boxes 584 - 585
Historical Note
The Crisis in Health Care for Black and Poor Americans was initiated in the wake of Reagan era budget cuts and designed to draw national attention to the lack of access to adequate health care in impoverished and minority communities. In 1984, in major cities such as Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Birmingham, Alabama; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Kansas City, Missouri, and other urban centers, SCLC facilitated local forums on healthcare that included SCLC officials, local healthcare administrators and medical practitioners, as well as community activists and leaders.
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of the records of the Crisis in Health Care for Black and Poor Americans from 1983-1987. Most prominent are files relating to the hearings in several cities, which include testimony from participants, planning documents, reports of individual hearings, and newspaper clippings about the hearings. There is also a small amount of correspondence, some general research material on minority healthcare and the Reagan budget, and one comprehensive report. Also included are a few folders belonging to the coordinator of the program, Reverend Timothy McDonald, specifically regarding his involvement with other SCLC activities, his church First Iconium Baptist, and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. For additional material relating to the program see Subseries 2.3: President Joseph E. Lowery files.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 584 | 1 | American Diabetes Association, Inc., October 1984 |
| 584 | 2 | The Association of Minority Health Professions Schools, "Blacks and the Health Professions in the 80s: A National Crisis and a Time for Action," 1983 |
| 584 | 3 | Atlanta Committee on Latin America, 1984 |
| 584 | 4 | Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust Hearing, September 28, 1984 |
| 584 | 5 | Contact list, 1984 |
| 584 | 6 | Correspondence, 1984-1987 |
| 584 | 7 | First Iconium Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1984 |
| 584 | 8 | Hearings: Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1984 [1 of 2] |
| 584 | 9 | Hearings: Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1984 [2 of 2] |
| 584 | 10 | Hearings: Birmingham, Alabama, June 5, 1984 |
| 584 | 11 | Hearings: Charlotte, North Carolina, May 22, 1984 |
| 584 | 12 | Hearings: Chicago, Illinois, May 17, 1984 |
| 584 | 13 | Hearings: Detroit, Michigan, April 11, 1984 |
| 584 | 14 | Hearings: Howard University, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1984 |
| 584 | 15 | Hearings: Kansas City, Missouri, April 17, 1984 |
| 584 | 16 | Hearings: Los Angeles, California, May 19, 1984 [1 of 3] |
| 585 | 1 | Hearings: Los Angeles, California, May 19, 1984 [2 of 3] |
| 585 | 2 | Hearings: Los Angeles, California, May 19, 1984 [3 of 3] |
| 585 | 3 | Hearings: Miami, Florida, May 31, 1984 |
| 585 | 4 | Hearings: New Orleans, Louisiana, May 29, 1984 |
| 585 | 5 | Hearings: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1984 |
| 585 | 6 | Hearings schedule, 1984 |
| 585 | 7 | "In Poor Health: The Administration's 1985 Health Budget," 1984 |
| 585 | 8 | Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, 1984 [1 of 2] |
| 585 | 9 | Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, 1984 [2 of 2] |
| 585 | 10 | Planning meeting, February 1984 |
| 585 | 11 | Report, "Crisis in Health Care for Black and Poor Americans," 1984 |
| 585 | 12 | Selma to Montgomery March, 20th anniversary, 1985 |
| 585 | 13 | "Statement by Reverend Cameron M. Alexander Representing the Ministerial Coalition to Get Out the Vote," 1984 |
| 585 | 14 | Urban Health, 1983-1984 |
| 585 | 15 | Voting, 1984 |
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