- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 39 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Medical doctor Dr. Harold Freeman was born on March 2, 1933, in Washington, D.C. Freeman attended Washington D.C.'s Catholic University and continued his studies at Howard University Medical School. After graduation, Freeman moved to New York to complete his residency at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, beginning his medical career at Harlem Hospital Center in 1967. There, Freeman set out to determine the cause of higher mortality rates in African American females and to reduce the racial and income-related disparities in healthcare. In 1979, Freeman established two free breast and cervical cancer screening centers in Harlem to improve the rates of early detection. He authored the landmark report, "Cancer in the Economically Disadvantaged", which outlined the links between poverty and cancer. Freeman was the president of the American Cancer Society from 1988 to 1989. He also served as the chief architect of its Initiative on Cancer and the Poor, and was honored by the Society with a special award in his name in 1990.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Dr. Harold Freeman
- Dr. Harold Freeman
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
- OCLC
- 1003150054
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Harold Freeman.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
023920
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2001 May 17.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Nonprofit Chief Executive Oncologist.
- Added Author
Freeman, Harold P., interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Bieschke, Paul, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.