[Giving testimony]

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500 people who were present on Thursday night in a Fort Worth church gave testimonies on the inequality in the health services available in Tarrant county and asked several candidates for public office to commit themselves to fighting for equality in health services. In the photo, Kay Singleton narrated his ordeal while receiving services at John Peter Smith hospital.

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Castillo, José L. February 24, 2006.

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  • Castillo, José L. Jose L. Castillo is a news correspondent for the Spanish language EFE News Service, the fourth largest news wire in the world. A native of Peru, Mr. Castillo studied translation and interpretation at the Escuela de Traduccion e Interpretacion de Lima (ESIT) in the early 1990s before completing English studies at the University of Newcastle, England. He has worked for various newspapers -- as editor, columnist, reporter or media advisor -- in Georgia, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, and California, and Peru and is an award-winning journalist.

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  • Main Title: [Giving testimony]
  • Series Title: Health

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500 people who were present on Thursday night in a Fort Worth church gave testimonies on the inequality in the health services available in Tarrant county and asked several candidates for public office to commit themselves to fighting for equality in health services. In the photo, Kay Singleton narrated his ordeal while receiving services at John Peter Smith hospital.

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1 photograph : digital, col.

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José L. Castillo Photograph Collection

Photographs taken between 2004 and 2006 by José L. Castillo, a correspondent for the international EFE News Service.

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[Public health forum] (Text)

[Public health forum]

At a public forum in Fort Worth organized by the Allied Communities of Tarrant people vented their frustration at the lack of medical care for lower socio-economic classes. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.

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[Public health forum], 022405 ACT, ark:/67531/metapth91106

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  • February 24, 2006

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  • March 15, 2007, 9:50 a.m.

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  • Sept. 22, 2020, 2:26 p.m.

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Castillo, José L. [Giving testimony], photograph, February 24, 2006; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth23584/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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