John Dittmer received the Bancroft Prize, and several other awards, for Local People The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. He is a professor of history at DePauw University.
"Civil-rights historian Dittmer focuses on one of the lesser-known
groups involved in the struggle... Dittmer reveals the motivations
of many of the organization's leaders, and he paints a disturbing
picture of the shameful treatment of both black doctors and
patients in the South. In the early chapters he writes vividly of
the challenges facing civil-rights workers and of the
brutality--beatings, jailings, killings--inflicted on them... A
stark reminder not just of the actions of a group of idealistic
activists but of the violence and turmoil of the nation's
not-so-distant past." --Kirkus"Those who think themselves familiar
with the civil rights movement in the United States are in for a
welcome surprise. The Good Doctors by prize-winning historian John
Dittmer tells the heroic, and previously overlooked, story of an
organization that stood at the barricades in every civil rights
struggle from Selma to Chicago to Wounded Knee, battling inequality
and racism in the medical profession while setting up clinics that
today reach hundreds of thousands of underserved patients. The Good
Doctors should be required reading for every American who views
quality health care as a basic human right." --David Oshinsky,
author of Polio: An American Story, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer
Prize in History"Deeply researched, brilliantly conceived,
beautifully written and unsparing in its analysis of every
character who walks across its pages, The Good Doctors is a triumph
of passionate scholarship and balanced judgment." --James H. Jones,
author of Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment"A significant
contribution to historical analysis of the 1960s ... particularly
timely today. Dittmer's satisfying work delivers both historical
detail and contextual nuance in an illuminating discussion that
fills in a previous gap in the scholarly literature." --American
Historical Review"In this era of racial healing, The Good Doctors
is a shocking reminder of how recently Jim Crow reigned over
medical care in America. Well into the 1960s, many hospitals and
doctors' offices remained segregated, with blacks given separate
and grossly unequal access to beds, waiting rooms, and other basic
services. Dittmer tells the tale of the courageous few in the
medical profession who fought racial injustice and went on to many
other battles in the 1960s and early 1970s. Freedom Summer, Selma,
the anti-war movement, Alcatraz, Wounded Knee--they're all here, in
this tour of a turbulent and inspiring time that speaks forcefully
to our own." --Tony Horwitz, author of A Voyage Long and Strange:
Rediscovering the New World and Confederates in the Attic:
Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War"This book is an historical
landmark. Dittmer's chronicle of civil rights health care workers
is captivating. All of us need to appreciate these brave pioneers."
--Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Harvard Medical School"The good doctors
of John Dittmer's history of the Medical Committee for Human Rights
labored at the crossroads of American medicine and American racism.
Forty years later the nation chose for its President a Black man
committed to universal health care, an incredible valedictory to
the risky and humanistic work of the MCHR. The Good Doctors relates
the beginning of that American journey, the story of health workers
confronting a system hardwired to deliver second-class medicine to
people of color. The Good Doctors is an important, dramatic and
timely contribution to our understanding of racism in medicine and
health equity in America." --Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., George
Washington University
Civil-rights historian Dittmer focuses on one of the lesser-known
groups involved in the struggle Dittmer reveals the motivations of
many of the organization's leaders, and he paints a disturbing
picture of the shameful treatment of both black doctors and
patients in the South. In the early chapters he writes vividly of
the challenges facing civil-rights workers and of the
brutality--beatings, jailings, killings--inflicted on them A stark
reminder not just of the actions of a group of idealistic activists
but of the violence and turmoil of the nation's not-so-distant
past. "Kirkus" Those who think themselves familiar with the civil
rights movement in the United States are in for a welcome surprise.
"The Good Doctors" by prize-winning historian John Dittmer tells
the heroic, and previously overlooked, story of an organization
that stood at the barricades in every civil rights struggle from
Selma to Chicago to Wounded Knee, battling inequality and racism in
the medical profession while setting up clinics that today reach
hundreds of thousands of underserved patients. "The Good Doctors
"should be required reading for every American who views quality
health care as a basic human right. "David Oshinsky, author of
Polio: An American Story, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in
History" Deeply researched, brilliantly conceived, beautifully
written and unsparing in its analysis of every character who walks
across its pages, "The Good Doctors" is a triumph of passionate
scholarship and balanced judgment. "James H. Jones, author of Bad
Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment" A significant contribution
to historical analysis of the 1960s particularly timely today.
Dittmer's satisfying work delivers both historical detail and
contextual nuance in an illuminating discussion that fills in a
previous gap in the scholarly literature. "American Historical
Review" In this era of racial healing, "The Good Doctors" is a
shocking reminder of how recently Jim Crow reigned over medical
care in America. Well into the 1960s, many hospitals and doctors'
offices remained segregated, with blacks given separate and grossly
unequal access to beds, waiting rooms, and other basic services.
Dittmer tells the tale of the courageous few in the medical
profession who fought racial injustice and went on to many other
battles in the 1960s and early 1970s. Freedom Summer, Selma, the
anti-war movement, Alcatraz, Wounded Knee--they're all here, in
this tour of a turbulent and inspiring time that speaks forcefully
to our own. "Tony Horwitz, author of A Voyage Long and Strange:
Rediscovering the New World and Confederates in the Attic:
Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War" This book is an
historical landmark. Dittmer's chronicle of civil rights health
care workers is captivating. All of us need to appreciate these
brave pioneers. "Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Harvard Medical School"
The good doctors of John Dittmer's history of the Medical Committee
for Human Rights labored at the crossroads of American medicine and
American racism. Forty years later the nation chose for its
President a Black man committed to universal health care, an
incredible valedictory to the risky and humanistic work of the
MCHR. "The Good Doctors" relates the beginning of that American
journey, the story of health workers confronting a system hardwired
to deliver second-class medicine to people of color. "The Good
Doctors" is an important, dramatic and timely contribution to our
understanding of racism in medicine and health equity in America.
"Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., George Washington University""
"Civil-rights historian Dittmer focuses on one of the lesser-known
groups involved in the struggle... Dittmer reveals the motivations
of many of the organization's leaders, and he paints a disturbing
picture of the shameful treatment of both black doctors and
patients in the South. In the early chapters he writes vividly of
the challenges facing civil-rights workers and of the
brutality--beatings, jailings, killings--inflicted on them... A
stark reminder not just of the actions of a group of idealistic
activists but of the violence and turmoil of the nation's
not-so-distant past." "--Kirkus""Those who think themselves
familiar with the civil rights movement in the United States are in
for a welcome surprise. "The Good Doctors" by prize-winning
historian John Dittmer tells the heroic, and previously overlooked,
story of an organization that stood at the barricades in every
civil rights struggle from Selma to Chicago to Wounded Knee,
battling inequality and racism in the medical profession while
setting up clinics that today reach hundreds of thousands of
underserved patients. "The Good Doctors "should be required reading
for every American who views quality health care as a basic human
right."--David Oshinsky, author of "Polio: An American Story",
winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History "Deeply researched,
brilliantly conceived, beautifully written and unsparing in its
analysis of every character who walks across its pages, ""The Good
Doctors"" is a triumph of passionate scholarship and balanced
judgment."--James H. Jones, author of "Bad Blood: The Tuskegee
Syphilis Experiment""" "A significant contribution to historical
analysis of the 1960s ... particularly timely today. Dittmer's
satisfying work delivers both historical detail and contextual
nuance in an illuminating discussion that fills in a previous gap
in the scholarly literature."--"American Historical Review""" "In
this era of racial healing, "The Good Doctors" is a shocking
reminder of how recently
“Civil-rights historian Dittmer focuses on one of the lesser-known
groups involved in the struggle… Dittmer reveals the motivations of
many of the organization’s leaders, and he paints a disturbing
picture of the shameful treatment of both black doctors and
patients in the South. In the early chapters he writes vividly of
the challenges facing civil-rights workers and of the
brutality—beatings, jailings, killings—inflicted on them… A stark
reminder not just of the actions of a group of idealistic activists
but of the violence and turmoil of the nation’s not-so-distant
past.” "—Kirkus"“Those who think themselves familiar with the civil
rights movement in the United States are in for a welcome
surprise. "The Good Doctors" by prize-winning historian John
Dittmer tells the heroic, and previously overlooked, story of an
organization that stood at the barricades in every civil rights
struggle from Selma to Chicago to Wounde
"Those who think themselves familiar with the civil rights movement
in the United States are in for a welcome surprise. "The Good
Doctors" by prize-winning historian John Dittmer tells the heroic,
and previously overlooked, story of an organization that stood at
the barricades in every civil rights struggle from Selma to Chicago
to Wounded Knee, battling inequality and racism in the medical
profession while setting up clinics that today reach hundreds of
thousands of underserved patients. "The Good Doctors "should be
required reading for every American who views quality health care
as a basic human right."--David Oshinsky, author of "Polio: An
American Story," winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History
"Deeply researched, brilliantly conceived, beautifully written and
unsparing in its analysis of every character who walks across its
pages, ""The Good Doctors"" is a triumph of passionate scholarship
and balanced judgment."--James H. Jones, author of "Bad Blood: The
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment""" "In this era of racial healing,
"The Good Doctors" is a shocking reminder of how recently Jim Crow
reigned over medical care in America. Well into the 1960s, many
hospitals and doctors' offices remained segregated, with blacks
given separate and grossly unequal access to beds, waiting rooms,
and other basic services. Dittmer tells the tale of the courageous
few in the medical profession who fought racial injustice and went
on to many other battles in the 1960s and early 1970s. Freedom
Summer, Selma, the anti-war movement, Alcatraz, Wounded
Knee--they're all here, in this tour of a turbulent and inspiring
time that speaks forcefully to our own."--Tony Horwitz, author of
"A Voyage Long andStrange: Rediscovering the New World" and
"Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil
War""This book is an historical landmark. Dittmer's chronicle of
civil rights health care workers is captivating. All of us need to
appreciate these brave pioneers."--Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.,
Harvard Medical School "The good doctors of John Dittmer's history
of the Medical Committee for Human Rights labored at the crossroads
of American medicine and American racism. Forty years later the
nation chose for its President a Black man committed to universal
health care, an incredible valedictory to the risky and humanistic
work of the MCHR. "The Good Doctors" relates the beginning of that
American journey, the story of health workers confronting a system
hardwired to deliver second-class medicine to people of color. "The
Good Doctors" is an important, dramatic and timely contribution to
our understanding of racism in medicine and health equity in
America.""--"Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., George Washington University
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