LCCC showcases African American medical contributions during Civil War era
February 21st FOX 56 News at Ten
By Bill Lewis
Luzerne County Community College is hosting an exhibit which explores the often-overlooked history of African American contributions as nurses, surgeons, and hospital workers during the Civil War.* Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine, presented by the National Library of Medicine, is a traveling history exhibit that highlights the men and women who's work as medical providers challenged the prescribed notions of race and gender.
During the Civil War, African Americans fought for full participation in American society and as surgeons and nurses for the Union Army, they found themselves in new and familiar roles as healers and caretakers.
Although these men and women had come from different backgrounds and life experiences, their desire to participate in the cause for freedom transcended class, education, and social position.
The exhibit can be explored virtually online or in-person at the LCCC library.
The six-banner traveling exhibition will be at LCCC through March 8th