Leonidas H. Berry papers, 1907-1982.

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Leonidas H. Berry papers, 1907-1982.

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Includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, and lectures. There is little material on Dr. Berry's research or his patients, relating to his professional and community activities. Included also is material on his efforts on behalf of drug abusers; his work with black physicians and medical groups, such as the National Medical Association, Inc. (of which Berry served as president 1965) and the "Flying Black Medics"; his activities on the Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Health Committee of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations; and his work with the African Methodist Episcopal church.

4.6 linear ft. (11 boxes).

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Berry, Leonidas H

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Leonidas H. Berry was a an African-American gastroenterologist from Chicago, Ill. He served on the staffs of the Michael Reese Hospital, Provident Hospital, and the University of Illinois Medical School. He was an official of the National Medical Association. In addition to his long and distinguished medical career, Dr. Berry has been active in teaching, writing, and community public service. The latter has included work in civil rights, on the racial problems of public health, and with the Afri...