OUTLINE: UNIVERSAL AFRICAN BLACK CROSS NURSESI. INTRODUCTION.
C. Background information on Black Cross Nurses.
II. ORGANIZATION OF THE BLACK CROSS NURSES.
III. REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE BLACK CROSS NURSES.
IV. THE ATTRACTIONS OF BLACK CROSS NURSES TO AMERICAN NEGROES.
V. THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS OF BLACK CROSS NURSES.
A. Discrepancies between reality and constitution.
VI. DISSENSION BETWEEN THE BLACK CROSS NURSES AND THE UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
B. Summary of findings. C. Conclusion.
UNIVERSAL AFRICAN BLACK CROSS NURSES
This research provides an historical overview of the Universal African Black Cross Nurses, hereinafter referred to as the Black Cross Nurses. The Black Cross Nurses were an auxiliary of the Universal Negro Improvement Association founded and headed by Marcus Garvey (Hill III 766). The findings of this research are presented in discussions of the organization of the Black Cross Nurses, the regulations governing the Black Cross Nurses, the attraction of the Black Cross Nurses to American Negroes, the purpose and functions of the Black Cross Nurses, and dissension between the Black Cross Nurses and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. The term Negro, as opposed to African American or Black, is used in this research because Negro was the most widely used and acceptable term for the designation of African Americans during the period when the Black Cross Nurses were in existence.
Organization of the Black Cross Nurses
The Black Cross Nurses were founded as an all female auxiliary of the Universal Negro Improvement Association in May 1920 (Hine II 1187). The Black Cross Nurses were formed at a convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association meeting in Philadelphia (Hill II liii). Thus, the Black Cross Nurses were formed approximately six years after Marc...