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, DC. This moving story of one man's accomplishments, in spite of many opposing forces, is also a chapter in the struggle of African Americans to achieve equality in the twentieth century.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826333400
• ISBN13: 9780826333407
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"