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From Separate to Equal, the Creation of Truman Medical Center

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From noted filmmaker Kevin Willmott, it’s a documentary called “From Separate to Equal, the Creation of Truman Medical Center.” This history of health care in Kansas City’s black community touches on pioneering African-American doctors with names like Unthank and Thompson and Perry, and early hospitals like Douglas and Wheatley. There are stories about about jazz legends and black celebrities who, despite their stature, couldn’t get treatment in white hospitals. It’s an eye opener, and a primer on how things can, with determination, be changed.

Airs Thursday, April 14 at 9pm

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0 thoughts on “From Separate to Equal, the Creation of Truman Medical Center

  1. I found this film to be educational and enlightening. I would love to own a copy, for I have several Aunts that was educated at General Hospital # 2. Some of the best nurses came from that hospital.

  2. Didn’t get to see the film in its entirety but would like to for my mother could be in one of
    the pictures of the graduating nurses. She also worked at Wheatley. Any chance of purchasing?

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