The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dr. Harold Freeman.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 39 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2001.034 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Freeman, Harold P., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Bieschke, Paul, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Dr. Harold Freeman |
| Portion of title | Dr. Harold Freeman |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Credits | Videographer, Paul Bieschke. |
| Performer | Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2001 May 17. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2001.034 HistoryMakers |