- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- H. Jack Geiger oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in New York, New York, 2013-03-16
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dittmer, John, 1939-
Geiger, Jack, 1925- - Date of Original:
- 2013-03-16
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Congress of Racial Equality
Physicians--Interviews
Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
Civil rights workers--Interviews
Veterans--United States--Interviews
Discrimination in medical care--Southern States
American Veterans Committee - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf - Description:
- Dr. Jack Geiger discusses his early life experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a mentor in actor Canada Lee, his college experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his time as a U.S. Merchant Marine. He discusses his involvement in the Commission for Racial Equality and the American Veterans Committee in Chicago during the late 1940s. While attending medical school at Case Western Reserve University, Geiger's interest in community-centered health grew, especially after a trip to South Africa. He eventually volunteered as a medical professional in Mississippi, where he helped to establish the Tufts-Delta Health Center in 1965.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0076/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 10 video files of 10 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (212 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (73 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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