title: Nurses in the Civil Rights Movement.
abstract: Six brave, committed health care workers who joined the struggle for racial equality.
authors.affiliation: Phoebe Pollitt is associate professor of nursing at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. The author wishes to acknowledge Claire O'Connor, MA, LPN, and Josephine Disparti, RN, who were invaluable in the writing of this article. Contact author: pollittpa@appstate.edu. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Phoebe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pollitt
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002961:Civil Rights / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff