Found 3 collections related to African Americans -- Diseases

Ron Simmons, an early Black LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning) rights activist in the 1970s and 1980s. The Ron Simmons papers contain manuscripts for several of his writings, correspondence, research material, and material related to his professional work. less

Robert E. Penn, Jr. (1948- ) is an African-American LGBT activist, a writer, and a producer. The Robert E. Penn papers, dating from 1971 to 2003, reflect Penn's work as an activist; his work as Assistant Director of Education, HIV Prevention for the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC); his work as the author of the The Gay Men's Wellness Guide for the National Lesbian and Gay Health Association (NLGHA); his family and personal life; and writings. The collection holds clippings, correspondence, manuscript drafts, notes, posters, printed matter, and audio and visual materials. less

Founded in 1922, the Henrytown Tuberculosis Sanatorium was one of the first facilities established in Maryland to provide medical treatment to Black patients suffering from tuberculosis. The Henryton Tuberculosis Sanatorium ledger is a handwritten log for several thousand patients treated at the sanatorium from January 1944 to October 1960. less