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“The 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer 1964,” American Journal of Public Health , H. Jack Geiger, November 2014

Dr. H. Jack Geiger established the first community health centers in the United States. He began that work after travelling to Mississippi as a volunteer with the civil rights movement. Geiger reflects on how the civil rights movement’s values shaped the development of the community health center.