File contains three documents related to the health of African Americans in Kansas City, Missouri. One is a pamphlet describing briefly the history of African American hospitals in Kansas City (including General Hospital No. 2, Lang Hospital, and Wheatley Hospital). The second is an April 1946 report on Kansas City health issues by Dr. W. Montague Cobb of Howard Univeristy, and the third is a 15-page typed letter (undated) by Dr. William J. Thompkins to Dr. John Lavan (a Kansas City health commissioner), regarding unhealthy conditions in African American neighborhoods.
