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How Modern Medicine Was Born of Slavery
Lewis & Clark's 15th Annual Ray Warren Symposium “Bitter Pills: Race, Health, and Medicine,” was held November 7–9, 2018.
On November 7, Deirdre Cooper Owens, associate professor of history at Queens College, CUNY, gave this keynote presentation titled “How Modern Medicine Was Born of Slavery.”
Presentation description: Cooper Owens explains how the institution of American slavery was directly linked to the creation of reproductive medicine in the U.S. She provides context for how and why physicians denied black women their full humanity, yet valued them as “medical superbodies” highly suited for experimentation. In engaging with 19th-century ideas about so-called racial difference, she sheds light on the contemporary legacy of medical racism.
Welcoming remarks and introductions by Maya Hernández and Jasmine Torres, L&C ’19 and RWS co-chairs.
When The Moon Shines Down Upon The Mountain - Vernon Dalhart
Recorded on August 24, 1927. In 1927 Dalhart fired their violinist and hired Adelyne Hood as violinist and singer. Although they were still doing well in 1928, Carson Robison was not too happy with Dalhart. In addition, the competition was growing stronger with artists like The Carter Family and Jimmy Rodgers now recording.
Dalhart decided to accept an exclusive two-year contract from Columbia to record for their low price records. Robison thought it was a bad contract and refused to sign, leaving Dalhart on his own. However, Adelyne Hood continued to record with Dalhart for the next few years. Soon Dalhart also signed a two-year recording contract with Edison. Dalhart managed to complete both contracts, with Ms. Hood and hired musicians.
By the time the contracts had ended, the stock market had crashed, and Edison went out of the record business. Between the depression and free radio, the recording business became almost non-existent. Many country artists moved to the radio and personal appearances to supplement their income. Dalhart did no personal appearances, but with little recording over the next two years, he finally appeared on a radio program in 1931 with Adelyne Hood. Sponsored by Barbasol, the program was on the air less than two months when Dalhart and Hood left the show and headed for England.
Many writers claim that Dalhart and Hood made personal appearances in England, but there is nothing showing where or when they made such appearances. We do know that they made eight recordings in London, four of which were issued. One, THE RUNAWAY TRAIN, later became the theme for a British radio show and became popular enough to be reissued in Britain in the 1940s.
After returning to the States, Dalhart and Hood made a few more recordings, then Ms. Hood went on to a career on the radio using the name Betsy White. Dalhart made a few recordings but by 1934 the record companies were no longer interested. In 1938, Dalhart finally went back on the radio along with personal appearances in upstate New York. Hood, as Betsy White appeared with him on stage and radio, playing the violin and singing. The radio program didn't generate much interest so it was soon cancelled. The two did make several personal appearances before returning home.
Finally in 1939, Dalhart signed an excusive recording contract with RCA-Victor and cut six sides with a hired back up group. The records didn't sell well and one, THE LAVENDER COWBOY, was barred from the air. Dalhart never recorded again. Instead he took a security job in Bridgeport, Connecticut during the war.
After the war he tried teaching, singing, and voice placing, but without much luck. He was a night baggage clerk at Barnum's Hotel in downtown Bridgeport when he had a heart attack in January 1948. He never fully recovered and died from a second attack on 15 September 1948. He is buried in Bridgeport's Mountain Grove Cemetery. His gravestone reads MARION TRY SLAUGHTER, SR, APRIL 6 1883-SEPTEMBER 15 1948.
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