Resources: Useful Links
Resources: Useful Links
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Medical and History of Medicine
- American Medical Association
- American Medical Women’s Association
- Baylor College of Medicine
- City of Houston Health Department
- Harris County Medical Society
- History of Medicine - National Library of Medicine
- Houston Medical Forum
- Howard University College of Medicine
- Images from the History of Medicine – National Library of Medicine
- The John McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science – Houston
- Meharry Medical College
- National Medical Association
- National Museum of Health and Medicine
- Texas Medical Association
- Texas Medical Center
- United States Public Health Services
- University of Texas Medical Branch
African American Organizations and History
- African American Catholic Ministry in Houston
- African American News & Issues
- The African American Registry
- Barbara Jordan Biography
- Black Past – Online Reference Guide to African American History
- The Handbook of Texas Online – African Americans and Politics
- Houston Association of Black Journalists
- Houston Black Directory
- Houston Black Expo
- Houston Black Film Festival
- Houston Forward Times
- Jet and Ebony Magazine
- Mickey Leland Biography
- NAACP
- National Black United Fund
- Sweatt v. Painter Archival and Textual Sources
- University of Houston Black Alumni Association
- Untold Stories: the Strange Demise of Jim Crow in Houston
- Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
Houston History and Culture
- About’s webpage on Houston history
- Barbara Jordan Biography
- The Handbook of Texas Online – African Americans and Politics
- Heritage Society
- Historic Houston
- Houston Chronology
- Houston History
- The Houston History Archives
- Mickey Leland Biography
- NASA History
- National Registry of Historic Places in Harris County
- The Oral History of Houston
Curriculum Sites
- To Bear Fruit for Our Race – Curriculum Materials
- Digital History – Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research
- The Educator’s Reference Desk
- Virtual School History Websites
Dr. Herman Barnett Exhibits
If you want to learn more about Dr. Herman Barnett’s experiences as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II, as the first African-American student to attend the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and as a practicing physician in Houston, you can visit the Dr. Herman Barnett exhibit at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Moody Library and at the National Buffalo Soldiers Museum in Houston Texas.
Flexner Report
The Flexner Report, or the report on “Medical Education in the United States and Canada,” appeared in 1910. It compiled information on the quality of medical education in an attempt to improve the practice of medicine in the United States. However, the report reflected the biases of the time. Abraham Flexner deemed many smaller schools “proprietary,” claiming they were trade schools owned by one or two doctors, unaffiliated with a university, and/or run for profit. He found any “proprietary” schools inadequate. These schools, however, were the most likely ones to admit African Americans, women, rural Americans, and students of limited means. Most of these schools could not afford to implement the extensive changes recommended. All of the women’s medical schools closed. All but two of the medical schools that primarily admitted blacks closed.
While reading the report we recommend that you pay special attention to Chapter 10 (pages 156-66), Chapter 13 (pages 178-9), and Chapter 14 (pages 180-1) regarding those schools that served African Americans, women, and others as mentioned above. Reports on each African-American medical school can be found at pages 202, 230-33, 280-82, 303-09.