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Acknowledgments

Like any work of research produced over a long period of time, this book has been made possible by the efforts of many people and institutions. Much of the research was done at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the John Crerar Library at the University of Chicago, and the Life Sciences Library at the University of Texas at Austin. I am grateful to those who have built and maintained these wonderful collections. This work has benefited greatly from years of classroom discussions with the University of Texas students who have taken “Race and Medicine in African-American Life” since 2001; some of their stories are in the book. Many colleagues, friends, and correspondents have generously contributed to this project by providing information, ideas, invitations, introductions, good conversation, and comments about the manuscript. I would like to offer my special thanks to Rachel Brown Ater, MSW, Carl C. Bell, MD, Deborah Bolnick, PhD, Khiara Bridges, PhD, David Broad, PhD, Robert Eisenberg, MD, Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, John Hartigan, PhD, Edward Havranek, MD, Crystal Hlaing, MD, David Hoberman, PhD, Eric P. Hoffman, PhD, Michelle Holmes, MD, Joel Howell, MD, PhD, Sherman A. James, PhD, Shannon Jones, III, MPA, Jay Kaufman, PhD, David J. Malebranche, MD, Jonathan Marks, PhD, David Morris, PhD, Thomas Murray, PhD, Robert S. Schell, MD, and John Valentine, PhD.

This book was made possible by Stan Holwitz, former Associate Director of the University of California Press. Stan's belief in the importance of investigating race relations in American medicine never wavered, and I will be forever grateful for his loyalty and support. Following Stan's retirement, Naomi Schneider, Executive Editor for the Social Sciences at UC Press, took on the project and saw it through to completion. I am very grateful for her commitment and tenacity. Thanks also to Stacy Eisenstark, Acquisitions Coordinator; Hannah Love, Associate Editor for Health; and Kate Warne, Managing Editor. Heather McElwain did a fine job as copy editor of the manuscript. I am also grateful to Michael Bohrer- Clancy, Project Manager at Macmillan Publication Services North America, for supervising the final production of the book.

Finally, I thank my wife Louisa for her companionship and her understanding of the research-oriented life. It is a life she has known first hand. During the long years of work on Black and Blue, she inspired me once again by remaking her professional life with a courage and determination I have always admired. It is a pleasure to acknowledge how much she has done on behalf of this book and everything else we are fortunate to have.