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Dickins, Dorothy, 1898-1975 Wanted : A Healthy South

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.275 Author/Creator: Dickins, Dorothy, 1898-1975 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1946 Pagination: 30 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "Wanted: A Healthy South," by Dorothy Dickins dated 1946. Item is an overview of the differences in health between white and black Americans. Study points to sanitation, housing, and income inequality as signifiers of the greater inequality between groups. Also provides statistics and illustrations of data pulled from the 1940 census.

Dickins, Dorothy, 1898-1975

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