Human Rights Optional: The Medical Committee for Human Rights in Mississippi and Visions of Structural Change versus Provision of Short-Term Aid Público
Schroepfer, Sabine (Spring 2022)
Abstract
Existing historical research fails to examine the relationship between the Medical Committee for Human Rights’ (MCHR) activities in Mississippi and the movement already well underway in the state during the mid-1960s. Given the need for exploration of this relationship, this thesis will address the overlap of the work of the MCHR physicians and nurses with the power of local Black leadership. This thesis will also examine the reasons for MCHR’s retreat out of Mississippi, including changes in the movement, tensions with COFO (the Council of Federated Organizations), and the Medical Committee’s demonstrated lack of interest in long term change in the state. Ultimately, this work highlights the importance of approaching health through a framework of community power and human rights, using the Medical Committee’s work in Mississippi as a lesson.
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Introduction …………………………….….…………………………….…………. 1
Chapter 1: Emergency Care is Not the Answer ……………………………………. 5
Chapter 2: Health by the People …………………………….………………………20
Chapter 3: Abandoning the Cause …………………………….….…………………34
Conclusion …………………………….….…………………………….………...…48
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