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Rosenwald Fund creates a program to train 200 Black nurses.

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The Story of Tuberculosis
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The program is, in part, a response to the growing awareness of the profound health inequities in Black versus white communities and, in particular, the public conversation regarding the control of tuberculosis.

The healthcare workers are trained in the North to provide care in the South. It will lead to a range of other fellowship programs for Black nurses and healthcare workers to meet the calls made through the Negro Health Movement.