Created by

Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009

Interview of

Dr. Geiger, H. Jack, American, born 1926

Interviewed by

Dittmer, John Ph. D., American, born 1939

Subject of

Medical Committee for Human Rights, American, founded 1964

Lee, Canada, American, 1907 - 1952

University of Wisconsin-Madison, American, founded 1848

United States Merchant Marine, American, founded 1775

Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942

American Veterans Committee, American, 1943 - 2008

Case Western Reserve University, American, founded 1826

Tufts-Delta Health Center, American, founded 1965

Medium

digital

Dimensions

Duration: 03:31:47

Type

video recordings

oral histories

digital media - born digital

Place collected

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted

Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

South Africa, Africa

Date

March 16, 2013

Description

The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.76.1a, 2011.174.76.1b, 2011.174.76.1c, 2011.174.76.1d, 2011.174.76.1e, 2011.174.76.1f, 2011.174.76.1g, and 2011.174.76.1h, 2011.174.76.1i, and 2011.174.76.1j.

Dr. Jack Geiger, (MD, MSciHyg) discusses his early life experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a mentor in actor Canada Lee, his college experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his time as a U.S. Merchant Marine. He discusses his involvement in the Congress of Racial Equality and the American Veterans Committee in Chicago during the late 1940s. While attending medical school at Case Western Reserve University, Geiger's interest in community-centered health grew, especially after a trip to South Africa. He eventually volunteered as a medical professional in Mississippi, where he helped to establish the Tufts-Delta Health Center in 1965.

LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0076

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

Associations and institutions

Civil rights

Education

Entertainers

Medicine

Military

Social reform

United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number

2011.174.76.1a-j

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title

Civil Rights History Project

Classification

Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture