Body and soul : the Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination / Alondra Nelson.

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2011], ©2011.

xviii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : serving the people body and soul -- African American responses to medical discrimination before 1966 -- Origins of Black Panther Party health activism -- The people's free medical clinics -- Spin doctors : the politics of sickle cell anemia -- As American as cherry pie : contesting the biologization of violence -- Conclusion : race and health in the post-civil rights era.