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Color Was a Bar to Entrance: Black Physicians at the White House During the Civil War - Kate Masur

Thursday, January 10, 2019 | 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CT
Ward Building, Galter Library-2nd Floor/West Reading Room, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program, co-sponsoring with
The Galter Library and
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion

presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

Kate Masur, PhD
Associate Professor and
Wayne V. Jones II Research Professor of History
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Color Was a Bar to Entrance:
Black Physicians at the White House During the Civil War

This talk emphasizes civil rights struggles during the American Civil War, focusing on the activism of two black physicians in the U.S. Army, Alexander Augusta and Anderson Abbott.

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Public
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

Contact

Myria Knox
(312) 503-7962
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