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- Title
Individual and Organizational Responses to Health Conditions in Harlem, New York, During the Interwar Period.
- Abstract
The article presents a historical exploration into the social and health conditions of Harlem, New York, during the interwar period of 1919 to 1940. An overview of the living conditions and medical needs of both black and white residents are discussed, illustrating both physical needs and the socioeconomic forces which brought about the problems. Efforts are described by several individual philanthropists like John D. Rockefeller, and organizations such as the Children's Aid Society, the Urban League, the Utopia Children's House, and others.
- Subjects
HARLEM (New York, N.Y.); NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State); UNITED States; CHARITIES; HUMANITARIANISM; MEDICAL care; CHILDREN'S Aid Society (New York, N.Y.); NATIONAL Urban League; UNITED States history, 1919-1933; UNITED States social conditions; 20TH century United States history
- Publication
Afro-Americans in New York Life & History, 2007, Vol 31, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
0364-2437
- Publication type
Article