The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. June Jackson Christmas

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. June Jackson Christmas

1/19/2017; 02/03/2017

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2017.004

Psychiatrist Dr. June Jackson Christmas (1924 - ) founded the Harlem Hospital Rehabilitation Center in 1964, and served as deputy chief of the New York City Department of Mental Health and Retardation Services under three consecutive New York mayoral administrations. Christmas was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 1/19/2017 and 02/03/2017, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 12; Total Run Time: 05h 20m 57s

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Psychiatrist Dr. June Jackson Christmas was born on June 7, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Mortimer Jackson and Lillian Jackson. She earned her B.S. degree in zoology from Vassar College in 1945, and her M.D. degree in psychiatry from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1949. Christmas completed her psychiatric residencies at Bellevue Hospital, and Queens General Hospital. She also received a certificate in psychoanalysis from the William Alanson White Institute. In addition to open...