Daryn Glassbrook

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Daryn Glassbrook is the Executive Director of the Mobile Medical Museum in Mobile, Alabama.

The Children’s Nutrition and Dental Clinics of Mobile: Public Health, Volunteerism, and the Color Line during the Great Depression

By Daryn Glassbrook • July 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a staggering economic impact in a short time. Jobless numbers in America are growing and food banks and other emergency relief efforts are struggling to keep up with demand. As we struggle to understand what long-term cultural and economic changes the pandemic might leave in its wake, it is worth… Read more →

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Ruth Taylor Ballard: A Nursing Pioneer In the Jim Crow South

By Daryn Glassbrook • October 30, 2019

In 1954, the public school system of Mobile, Alabama, launched its first training program for black nursing students. It was a one-year Licensed Practical Nurse Program (LPN). Before then, an African American who wanted to study nursing had to travel to places like Selma, Montgomery, and Tuskegee. Few had the means or the ability to… Read more →