Minority Health and Health Equity Archive

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Start date: 1920End date: 1949

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    NATIONAL NEGRO HEALTH WEEK TO BE OBSERVED APRIL I TO 8, 1928
    (1928) Public Health Reportsl, Staff
    The week of April 1 to April 8, 1928, has been set aside for the fourteenth observance of National Negro Health Week. State and municipal health departments, voluntary health organizations, and numerous other official and unofficial agencies interested in race welfare and advancement are cooperating with the United States Public Health Service in a determined effort to improve health and living conditions.
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    “Syphilis: National Negro Health Week”
    (1934) UNSPECIFIED
    “Syphilis: National Negro Health Week”, April 1, 1934. Two leaf fold-over. Fort Worth. Ransom Ransom, R. A., Chairman of Committee on Social Diseases & Chief Surgeon of Fort Worth Negro Hospital. Printed by Bragg Printing Co. This was the 20th meeting of the organization which was started by Booker T. Washington, as noted in the text.
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    National Meetings: Preliminary Conference Regarding National Negro Health Week 1930
    (1930) Alexander, W.G.; Miller, Kelly, Jr.
    The annual conference of representatives from the several health and social agencies co-operatting in the National Negro Health Week movement called by the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service at the request of Dr. R. R. Moton, of Tuskegee Institute, was convened in Washington, D.C., October 19, 1929, to consider ways and means for the sixteenth annual observance of the National Negro Health Week, March 30 to April 6, 1930.
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    The March of Events
    (1947) Reynolds, Louis B.
    Because most Negro citizens — North and South — live in crowded ghettoes composed of rundown tenement structures with poor sanitary facilities, the disease rate among Negroes is high. 'The number of preventable deaths is disturbing. Thus late this month the nation will observe National Negro Health Week, a week dedicated to the health of the largest minority group within the American commonwealth. This 33rd annual Negro Health Week will be observed from March 30 to April 6. A nation-wide program, it is sponsored by the U. S. Public Health Service, in cooperation with state, county, and city health departments, and various voluntary health and civic organizations.
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    National Health Negro Week—A Radio Broadcast
    (1944) Turner, John P.
    Q.-Dr. Turner. How did National Negro Health Week begin? A.-National Negro Health Week was instituted thirty years ago by the late Dr. Booker T. Washington, whose philosophy of head, heart, hand and health brought into existence a movement that has extended into every section of the United States. In Philadelphia this year, we are most fortunate in that our Board of Public Health is sponsoring Health Week, with twenty-three cooperating agencies, among them Hospitals, Nursing Societies, Churches, Christian Associations, Parent-Teachers Associations, Medical Societies, Red Cross, Social Agencies and Educational As. sociations.
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    National Negro Health Week
    (1922) Greene, D.
    This year's Negro Health Week, the eighth held, was conducted by Dr. R. R. Moton, of Tuskegee Institute, April 2-8, under the auspices of the Annual Tuskegee Negro Conference and the National Negro Business League, and in co6peration with the U. S. Public Health Service, national and state tuberculosis societies, the Red Cross, American Social Hygiene Association, and many other organizations. The purpose was to reduce morbidity and mortality among Negroes by educational methods, with particular emphasis on tuberculosis, infant mortality and venereal diseases.
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    The National Negro Health Week Movement
    (1937) Brown, Roscoe C.
    The birth of the National Negro Health Week was the timely fruition of Booker T. Washington’s practicable philosophy of “head, heart, hand, - and health” education for effective service and wholesome living. Dr. Robert R. Moton, Principal Emeritus of Tuskegee Institute, who as successor to Dr. Washington in 1915, guided the National Negro Health Week movement toward its destined objectives, in his article, “Organized Negro Effort for Racial Progress,” briefly defined the origin of the Health Week: Another movement of large public significance which has met with gratifying success and which also originated within the race itself is what is known as National Negro Health Week. This movement originated in Virginia in 1913, but was shortly after nationalized by the late Dr. Booker T. Washington…
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    Silver Anniversary, National Negro Health Week
    (1939) Kenney, John A.
    April 1 to April 30, 1939 witnesses observance of the Silver Anniversary of the National Negro Health Week program, celebrating twenty-five years of this service, which began in 1915. The objective for this year is the Citizens Responsibility for Community Health. Dr. George W. Bowles, President of the National Medical Association, is Chairman of the Advisory Committee. Dr. Numa P. G. Adams of Howard University, is the Secretary. Great credit is due the officials and promoters of this outstanding piece of work with its splendid accomplishments in improving the health and living conditions of the Negro people in particular. The real live wire behind the movement throughout its existence is Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Health Specialist of the United States Public Health Service of Washington, D. C.
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    National Negro Health Observance
    (1936) Dumas, A. W.
    National Negro Health Week observance March 29-April 5, 1936, inaugurated by the late Booker T. Washington many years ago has become a permanent institution. This movement has done more to arouse interest in health matters, and has made the Negro more health coniscious than any other agency for the promlotion of the general welfare of the Negro race in America. This year's observance, from early reports, indicates that the people everywlhere, especially among our group showed keener and greater interest in these health meetings than ever before; this is most encourag ing to the various civic organizations cooperating with the medical and dental professions in spreading the doctrine of preventive medicine.
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    National Negro Health Week The Thirty-Third Annual Observance March 30 - April 6, 1947
    (1947) Kenney, John A.
    This now national popular movement was initiated by the late Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute some thirty-odd years ago. In this connection we are reminded of the topic "Despise Not the Day of Small Beginnings." At first it was annual clean-up week under the direction of Dr. Washington. The Tuskegee Institute School and the surrounding community were called upon at the beginning of spring to clean up their premises and in every way possible within their resources to improve their homes and surroundings. Meetings were held, health talks were given, and sermons on health were preached not only on the school's premises but these were extended into surrounding communities.