good grief…
"The hospital, originally called the Hospital for the Negro Insane, opened in 1911... a time when lawmakers and health care officials claimed to see a rise in mental illness among Black Americans, which they blamed on their freedom from slavery.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/business/crownsville-maryland-development.html
"The hospital, originally called the Hospital for the Negro Insane, opened in 1911... a time when lawmakers and health care officials claimed to see a rise in mental illness among Black Americans, which they blamed on their freedom from slavery.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/business/crownsville-maryland-development.html
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum https://g.co/kgs/ZxFa4tE