The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018)
56mApril 26, 2018
Charles Burnett
Director
Anna Reid-Jhirad, Leslie Clark, Martin Dornbaum
Writers
Rate
Diary
Overview
Tells the poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country in a matter of months.
