In celebration of Black History Month, the National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce an important addition to PubMed Central (PMC), its free digital archive of full-text journal articles: the complete archive of the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA), which observes its centennial this year.
Established in 1895, the National Medical Association is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and allied health professionals in the United States. This landmark journal has enabled African American health professionals to keep current regarding the latest medical and public health practices, even in the face of segregation and discrimination. This archive provides historical insight into the social, medical and public health issues that continue to be of particular concern to African American patients and physicians. It has also served as a venue to challenge disparaging interpretations of African American health history published in other medical and social science journals.
The archive currently represents over 77,000 digitized pages of issues, cover to cover, through 2007. Current content will be coming at a later date. For details follow this National Library of Medicine link.
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