Black Cross Nurses

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Black Cross Nurses was a women’s auxiliary organization within Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association that provided community health services and promoted Black pride and self-reliance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf community health organization
organization within the Universal Negro Improvement Association
women’s auxiliary organization
affiliatedWith Marcus Garvey NERFINISHED
associatedMovement Garveyism NERFINISHED
associatedWith Black pride campaigns
Universal Negro Improvement Association NERFINISHED
mutual aid traditions in Black communities
foundedBy Marcus Garvey NERFINISHED
Universal Negro Improvement Association NERFINISHED
hasActivity basic nursing care
first aid services
health education
home visits
maternal and child health support
organizing health lectures
public hygiene campaigns
training lay nurses
hasGenderFocus women
hasPurpose to promote Black pride
to promote Black self-reliance
to provide community health services
hasSymbolism modeled in part on the Red Cross
historicalContext early 20th-century Black freedom struggle
ideology Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism NERFINISHED
partOf Universal Negro Improvement Association NERFINISHED
promotesValue Black womanhood and respectability
community self-help
racial uplift
servesCommunity African diaspora communities
Black working-class neighborhoods

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