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Homer G. Phillips Hospital and School of Nursing

    Education

    Health

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    Segregation & Community Building, 1890-1945

Photograph of Homer G. Philips hospital and students
Illustration of school building
Biography

The First African American Physician

    Science

Black and White photograph of female African American students seated in a classroom.  They appear to be sewing/  There are several women standing toward the chalkboard in the rear of the class.  There is one sewing machine in the foreground, being used by a woman.  A woman stands in the front of the class next to a dressed mannequin wearing a long-sleeved blouse and long skirt.
Historic Event

W.E.B. Du Bois at the 1900 Paris Exposition

    Education

A color photograph of a portion of a Stop Aids graffiti mural in New York City. The mural is painted on a light tan wall. The bottom half of the image features a depiction of a white brick wall with cracks running through many of the bricks, running the full length of the image. A light and dark blue cloud features prominently on the left side of the image with the words [STOP / AIDS] spray painted in yellow letters outlined in red. The middle of the image features an illustration two men standing in profile, facing each other, on either side of a tombstone. The front of the tombstone has the text [USE YOUR / HEAD BEFORE / YOU END UP / DEAD.] written in black text. The word [DEAD] is underlined and the letters have drip lines giving it a bloody text effect. The man on the left is featured wearing a yellow shirt, yellow pants, and black shoes with yellow laces. He has three black thought bubbles above, and to the right of his head. He is holding his proper left hand splayed out, reaching for a syringe with a bloody hypodermic needle in the proper right hand of the man depicted on the right of the tombstone. The man on the right is depicted with red spikey hair, a green shirt, green pants and black shoes with white laces. On the far right of the image is the text [THE LAW] written in red block letters, outlined in black, above a depiction of scrolled paper with the text [I. DON’T “SHOOT” / DRUGS. / II. USE CONDOM. / III. HAVE SEX WITH FAiTHFUL / PARTNER.] written in black text. There are no inscriptions on the recto. On the verso the image is signed in blue ink by the photographer.
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Medical Racism

    Health