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with the education and resources they would need to achieve that goal. In particular, the council funded health care conferences and career counseling sessions. That same year he led a citywide movement with a focus on rehabilitating young drug users. His work on this issue caught the attention of the
Illinois state government, and he was allocated $ 90,000 to set up the "Berry Plan," which was operational from 1951 to 1958. Through this plan, he was able to establish medical counseling clinics in the Cook County jail as well as several Provident, Cook County, and Northwestern hospitals. These clinics were unique because rather than focusing on criminalization they paid particular attention to addressing both the psychological and physical needs of their patient population.
255:(NMA). Established in 1895, the NMA strived to fight discrimination in medical societies, medical schools, and hospitals. Similar to the way black physicians were excluded from the American Medical Association, white physicians were excluded from the National Medical Association. The segregation found within the organization is one thing Berry tried to address during his presidency. He launched a program aimed at integrating the NMA. Through this initiative, he appointed a special committee specifically tasked with seeking the membership of white doctors, and by 1966, one hundred white doctors had joined the organization. As a result of Berry's efforts, the
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A.M.E. Church, where they distributed supplies and doctors examined each patient that walked through the church's doors. Another key element of the clinic involved lectures on health as well as panel discussions throughout the day. Some of the topics covered included "Established and
Innovated Proposals for Improvement of Health Care in Cairo and Vicinity" and "Health Facilities for the Poor and Disadvantaged in Cairo and Alexander County."
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African Americans who previously did not have access to medical services. This dedication is what inspired him to organize the Flying Black Medics project alongside more than two dozen Chicago medical professionals. On Sunday, February 15,
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Chicago Council for Biomedical Careers in 1950. With a purpose of preparing Black American youth for careers in medicine, the Chicago Council for Biomedical Careers helped to encourage those interested in becoming physicians by providing them
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in 1986, centered on Berry's active professional and civic life. While the earliest copies of family material date from the 1890s, the bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s. Included are correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, and lectures.
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259:(AMA) eventually agreed to end its racial exclusion practices in 1968. This, however, is not the only impact that Berry had on the American Medical Association. After the passing of the
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