A Black Physician's Struggle for Civil Rights: Edward C. Mazique, M.D.

by Florence Ridlon

"This powerful biography traces the career of an African American physician and civil rights advocate, Edward Craig Mazique (1911-1987), from the poverty and discrimination of Natchez, Mississippi, to his status as a prominent physician in Washington, D.C. Florence Ridlon relates how Dr. Mazique's grandfather went from being a slave to becoming one of the largest landowners in Adams County, Mississippi. This moving story of one man's accomplishments,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826333397
• ISBN13: 9780826333391
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"