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Dr. John Rich

CTL-E-4902 · Person · physician · contemporary

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Inaugural Director, Rush-BMO Institute for Health Equity (closing remarks). Appeared at City Club of Chicago program 'Anchored in Health Equity' (2022-10-14).

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BCCVA Source Collection 001 (City Club of Chicago) seed record. Role at time of speech: Inaugural Director, Rush-BMO Institute for Health Equity (closing remarks). Civic lenses: 07 Health & Human Services, 06 Public Safety & Violence Prevention. Programs: Anchored in Health Equity (2022-10-14); Anchored in Health Equity (2022-10-14). Identity verification: "While I'm an African-American man, my life was different" — NPR (self-identification). Research status: seed-verified. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

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Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941
Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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