Dr. June Jackson Christmas: Sydenham Hospital

LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College/ CUNY by Marian Clarke

Feb 24, 201614:39Society & Culture

Dr.June Jackson Christmas, a psychiatrist, was the first African-American womanappointed Commissioner of the New York City Department Health and MentalRetardation Services by Mayor Lindsay in 1972. She was re-appointed b...

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