The movement to establish community health centers in the 1960s was born of the belief that healthcare is a civil right: that life, liberty, and happiness cannot be pursued without basic health. As a testament to this truth, we can invoke the words of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, who said, “…Of all the

In the 1960s times were changing in America. The civil rights movement was in full swing as the black community rightfully demanded rights and freedoms to help better their lives. Healthcare became an essential platform in the call for change. A young man named Olly Neal had a vision that embraced this ethos. We had

This Black History Month, it’s important to reflect on the urgency of health care access in the black community and the strong legacy that ties this deeply essential work to the civil rights movement. Activists during the civil rights era recognized poverty as a major hurdle to achieving equality and other basic rights–such as healthcare–and