Creating the Thomas McRae Sanitorium for Negros: Race, Contagion, and Space in Jim Crow Arkansas

Authors

Shauna Gibbons, University of Arkansas

Keywords

mental health, sanitoriums, Arkansas, African Americans

Abstract

The Thomas McRae Memorial Sanatorium for Negroes, located in Alexander, Arkansas, opened its doors in 1931 as the only resource for the entire state’s population of consumptive African Americans. It was touted as one of the best of its kind under the supervision of Dr Hugh A. Browne. But its “kind” was a facility intended for individuals whom whites in the medical and political establishment viewed not only as second class citizens but as biologically and medically different.

Recommended Citation

Gibbons, Shauna (2012) "Creating the Thomas McRae Sanitorium for Negros: Race, Contagion, and Space in Jim Crow Arkansas," The Ozark Historical Review: Vol. 41, Article 4.

Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/ohr/vol41/iss1/4