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The Black Angels
- The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
- By: Maria Smilios
- Narrated by: Gina Daniels
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 115
During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed one in seven people, white nurses at Sea View, New York’s largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. But after arriving, they found themselves on an isolated hilltop in the remote borough of Staten Island, yet again confronting racism and consigned to a woefully understaffed facility, dubbed “the pest house” where “no one left alive.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tons of amazing medical American/black history that easily reads like your favorite novel.
- By Infowiz on 01-31-24
- The Black Angels
- The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
- By: Maria Smilios
- Narrated by: Gina Daniels
So many emotions
Reviewed: 09-10-24
An honest, raw narrative that was, by turns, inspirational, educational, and at times infuriating. I found myself crying with sadness when things went wrong, cheering alongside their successes, and cursing with anger at the injustices described. An absolute must read or listen!
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