Charles V. Roman: Physician, Writer, Educator, Historian (1864-1934)

Morrison, Sheena M.; Fee, Elizabeth

doi:10.2105/ajph.2009.175562

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“…Voices of prominent Black Americans like Meharry Medical College's C.V. Roman (Morrison & Fee, 2010) and Fisk University's W.E.B. Du Bois appeared in Black Americans publications such as the Journal of The National Medical Association (1919) and the NAACP's The Crisis (1918) to deepen the conversation about the dynamic between the Black American and World War 1.…”

Section: World War I and The Freedom Strugglementioning

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Doing the Work of God: HBCU’s and Black America’s Response to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Graham,

Guiden Pittman

2023

Journal of Black Studies

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This study illuminates African American responses to the Influenza pandemic of 1918, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in particular. We chose a decolonized approach to historical inquiry, centering Black narratives, periodicals, and historical documents to better understand the African American experience and thereby the world. Our investigation revealed institutions that readily and dutifully responded to the pandemic as a function of their expertise and as a strategy to advance the freedom cause of African Americans. Places like Howard University, Knoxville College, and Meharry Medical College were resources for Black folks, their communities, and for the first time, White Americans. HBCU giants, W. E. B. Du Bois and C.V. Roman emerged in new ways to help Black America balance its duties to society, democracy, and to the race. Despite valor in war and medical service to the country, Black America would continue to struggle for full citizenship.

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Section: World War I and The Freedom Strugglementioning

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Doing the Work of God: HBCU’s and Black America’s Response to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Graham,

Guiden Pittman

2023

Journal of Black Studies

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“…mission of the NMA in 1911, helping to stabilize the fledgling organization [2,3]. NMA President, 1904.…”

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Outstanding Black Physicians and Other Health Professionals in American History

Williams

2020

Blacks in Medicine

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“…85 At this time Mercy was the largest hospital in the South to be owned and managed by African-Americans. 86 In 1887 Roman enrolled onto a three-year medical programme at Meharry Medical College. 87 After completing his degree in 1890 he pursued additional studies at the Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital of Chicago, then attended the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital and Central London Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in England.…”

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“…87 After completing his degree in 1890 he pursued additional studies at the Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital of Chicago, then attended the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital and Central London Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in England. 88 Returning to the USA from his post-doctorate studies, Roman opened his first medical practice in Dallas, Texas. 89 In October 1904 Roman returned to Nashville where he helped to found and chair the Department of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology at Meharry Medical College.…”

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Charles V. Roman and the Spectre of Polygenism in Progressive Era Public Health Research

Keel¹

2015

Soc Hist Med

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The influence of polygenism over twentieth-century medicine and racial science has been an underdeveloped area of study. During the period referred to by historians as the 'eclipse of Darwinism', assumptions about separate human ancestry often structured debates across the USA over whether racial heredity was responsible for 'innate dispositions' toward certain diseases. This article explores how polygenist carryovers made their way into early twentieth-century medical and public health studies on the links between race and venereal disease during the American social hygiene movement (1910-40). It also recovers the work of the African-American physician, ethicist, and social hygienist, Dr Charles V. Roman, who stressed during this period that the idea of common human ancestry should push public health researchers to think more creatively and critically about the social and environmental factors shaping health outcomes and black susceptibility to sexual diseases.

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Charles V. Roman: Physician, Writer, Educator, Historian (1864-1934)

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Doing the Work of God: HBCU’s and Black America’s Response to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Doing the Work of God: HBCU’s and Black America’s Response to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Outstanding Black Physicians and Other Health Professionals in American History

Charles V. Roman and the Spectre of Polygenism in Progressive Era Public Health Research

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