Pioneering efforts by the to pursue equality in health care will be discussed Nov. 8 during a lecture at .
, will speak 4:15  p.m. Nov. 8 in Room 114 of Furman Hall on the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ campus. The talk, sponsored by ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, is free and open to the public. It will be recorded for podcasting on ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ’s news site.
Typically associated with the revolutionary rhetoric and militant action of the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the Black Panther Party did significant and lesser-known work pursuing equality in the health care system. Efforts included a network of free health clinics, a campaign to raise awareness about genetic disease and challenges to medical discrimination.
Nelson, the author of , will discuss the legacy of this advocacy as well as the relevance today in the campaign for universal health care.
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