Beside the Troubled Waters

Beside the Troubled Waters is a memoir by an African-American physician in Alabama that explores his life, from childhood in a segregated South to his medical practice and civil rights activism. Drawing on interviews conducted over a decade, the book provides a candid look at his efforts to overcome racism within the medical community, the challenges faced during the civil rights era, and the later struggles he encountered with the Medicaid system and medical authorities. The memoir highlights both the personal and professional impacts of social change on Black doctors during a pivotal period in American history.