For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform: The Power of Medicine

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1. Leonidas H. Berry, MD, mid-20th century

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Leonidas H. Berry, MD, prominent physician and president of the National Medical Association 1965–66, was a leader of campaigns against racial discrimination by hospitals.

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As a member of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations, Leonidas H. Berry, MD investigated and campaigned to end discrimination against African American physicians and patients by Chicago hospitals.

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For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform

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1. Leonidas H. Berry, MD, mid-20th century

Leonidas H. Berry, MD, prominent physician and president of the National Medical Association 1965–66, was a leader of campaigns against racial discrimination by hospitals.

Courtesy National Library of Medicine