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Partners of the heart [digital videodisc] / a Duke Media and Spark Media production ; WGBH Boston ; produced and directed by Andrea Kalin ; recreation sequences directed by Bill Duke ; written by Lou Potter and Andrea Kalin ; consulting producer, Skip Coblyn ; senior producer [for American experience], Mark Samels ; executive producer [for American experience], Margaret Drain.

[Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS Home Video, [2003]

Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985.

Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964.

Johns Hopkins Hospital -- History.

Surgeons -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography.

African American surgeons -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography.

African Americans in medicine -- History.

Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- History.

Surgery, Experimental -- History.

1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Special features: Early years : Pearl High ; Living with segregation -- Breakthroughs : Vivien's Baltimore ; Reflections on being blue ; The advent of heart surgery -- Legacy : Breaking down the walls of medicine ; Resistance : pioneers in civil rights -- Today : Behind the story ; More on the Web.

Tells the story Vivien Thomas, an African American determined to make something of himself during the time of segregation, and his relationship with Alfred Blalock, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thomas, initially hired as a janitor, was soon promoted by Blalock to learn the complexities of surgery, eventually becoming a trainer of novice surgeons and a major force in the advancement of African Americans in medicine.

"Not rated"--Container.

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