MS SC673

Recognizes Dr. James Anderson, a physician with over 50 years of experience, for being honored at the Mississippi Business Journal Healthcare Heroes event

Acknowledges his role in the Civil Rights Movement, including work with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and the Medical Committee for Human Rights

Credits Dr. Anderson with helping establish the Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou (Mississippi's first community health center) and co-founding the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center for underserved populations

Recognizes his efforts to secure parity for African-American physicians, including successful litigation against exclusion from state boards and obtaining full hospital privileges at St. Dominic's Memorial Hospital in Jackson

Notes his service as Director of Health at Jackson State University for over 30 years and his role in bringing the first statewide Head Start Program to Mississippi