Beside the troubled waters
Subtitle: a black doctor remembers life, medicine, and civil rights in an Alabama town
By: Sonnie Wellington Hereford III as told to Jack D. Ellis
Contributors: Ellis, Jack D.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780817317218; 9780817385064
Other titles: Black doctor remembers life, medicine, and civil rights in an Alabama town
Description: "A black southern doctor offers a gripping memoir of his childhood in Alabama, his efforts to overcome racism in the white medical community, his participation in the civil rights movement and his problems with the Medicaid program and state medical authorities"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Through a glass darkly; title: To be a doctor; title: Medical practice under segregation; title: Bringing freedom to the rocket city; title: Integrating the hospital and the schools; title: Troubles and trials.